Museums in France
3,005 museums in 1724 cities. Showing the 1219 most museum-dense cities · 505 more are available via the search bar above.
France's museum tradition, shaped by the revolutionary principle that art belongs to the public, has made it home to the most-visited museum in the world. The Louvre, with nearly 9 million annual visitors, anchors a Parisian constellation that includes the Musee d'Orsay (the world's premier Impressionist collection), the Centre Pompidou (modern and contemporary art in Renzo Piano's iconic building) and the Musee Rodin. Beyond Paris, France's museum landscape spans Roman archaeology at the Musee de la Romanite in Nimes, wartime memory at the Normandy memorials and Oradour-sur-Glane, and contemporary art at the MUCEM in Marseille and the Pinault Collection in the former Bourse de Commerce. The country's national museum pass and extensive free-admission policies for under-26 EU citizens make it one of the most accessible museum destinations in the world.
Key institutions: Musee du Louvre (Paris), Musee d'Orsay (Paris), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Musee de l'Orangerie (Paris), MUCEM (Marseille)
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