PETIT PALAIS, MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DE LA VILLE DE PARIS

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PETIT PALAIS, MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DE LA VILLE DE PARIS

Avenue Winston Churchill

75008

PARIS

Metro :

Champs Elysées Clemenceau

RER :

Charles de Gaulle - Etoile

Bus :

42, 72, 73, 80, 83

telephone number :

01 53 43 40 00

fax :

01 53 43 40 53

www.petitpalais.paris.fr

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Petit Palais

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The Petit Palais is reopening on 10 December 2005 following 4 years of renovation work which has restored its original luminosity and transparence. For the delight of the museum’s visitors, the building reappears in all its modernity, just as it was designed by the architect Charles Girault. Beyond the edifice’s new-found sparkle, the presentation of the museum‘s collections has also been enriched, offering greater comfort to its visitors thanks to enlarged exhibition space, improved accessibility and additional services. The Petit Palais’ main vocation is as the Musée des Beaux-Arts of the City of Paris. It is one of the rare Parisian museums to offer the public such a wide range of art work: paintings, sculpture, tapestries, objets d’art and, for the first time, icons, donated by Roger Cabal. This artistic panorama covers a vast time scale from antiquity to early 20th-century: ancient and medieval collections rub shoulders with French and Italian Renaissance works or Flemish and Dutch art, bequeathed by the Dutuit brothers. The 18th-century works of the Tuck donation and the splendid collection of French 19th-century paintings feature among the museum’s treasures, with prestigious artists such as Delacroix, Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Courbet. The richness and diversity of the collections naturally endow the Petit Palais with an educational vocation, for the discovery of and introduction to art.

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Architecturals styles :

Academic, 19th century

List of collections :

Sculpture, Painting, Tapestries, Objets d'art

Collections period :

17th century, 6th century, 5th century, 4th century, 10th century, 11th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 12th century, 1st century, 2nd century, 3rd century, 14th century, 15th century, 16th century, 13th century, 8th century, 7th century, 9th century

Garden :

Access to garden and café during museum opening hours.

Opening days and times

Open/Closed :

The Petit Palais has been closed for renovation since 13 August 2000. It will reopen on 10 December 2005. 10am - 6pm

Days of week :

Open on those public holidays :

Horaire nocturne :

On Tuesday until 8pm during temporary exhibitions

Individual tours

Independant tour :

Admission charged for temporary exhibitions.

Guided tour :

Adults: guided tours, tales, art and tales duos, special itineraries. Children and families: discovery tours. Bookings on 01 53 43 40 36 (10am-noon and 2pm-4pm).

Free :

Free access to permanent collections.

Free for children.

Group tours

Group tour :

Bookings on 01 53 43 40 36 (10am-noon and 2pm-4pm).

Services

Educational activities :

Children and families: discovery tours, workshops, storytelling. For visitors with disabilities: guided tours using sign language or lipreading and tactile tours. Teachers: training and documentation. Schedules and bookings on 01 53 43 40 36 (10am-noon and 2pm-4pm).

Audio guide.

Restaurant.

Room hire :

Café-restaurant "Le jardin du Petit Palais", seating 90 people at garden level and on mezzanine, and 40 places in the peristyle.

Other services :

Museum & Monuments pass		Child minding		Animals welcome
Bookshop