Location: 4th Arr. - Hôtel-de-Ville
Top Things to do in 4th Arr. - Hôtel-de-Ville
Things to do in Paris, Ile-de-France: The Best Specialty Museums
Lingering over pain au chocolat in a sidewalk café, relaxing after a day of strolling along the Seine and marveling at icons like the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe… the perfect Paris experience combines leisure and liveliness with enough time to savor both an exquisite meal and exhibits at the Louvre. Awaken your spirit at Notre Dame, bargain hunt at the Marché aux Puces de Montreuil or for goodies at the Marché Biologique Raspail, then cap it all off with a risqué show at the Moulin Rouge.
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1. L' Atelier Brancusi
2. Museum of Magic - Museum of Automates
3. La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie
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4.0 based on 252 reviews
Reviewed By bsandrs - Portsmouth, United Kingdom
We are big supporters of photography as an art form and regularly visit galleries. The Maison Europeenne was only a short walk from our hotel and we were particularly keen to see the presentation relating to Ursula Schulz-Dornburg. We were not disappointed, a superb display of her images and we especially enjoyed the series relating to her visits to Armenia and Palmyra. The other exhibits in the remaining galleries were also well chosen and all the information is clearly marked, and at a level easy to read and in both French and English. We will certainly return. If you are in the Marais and enjoy photography, check out any current exhibitions.
4. Pavillon de l'Arsenal
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4.0 based on 49 reviews
5. Museum of Magic
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3.5 based on 191 reviews
Reviewed By shill - Springtown, United States
My wife and I visited the Museum of Magic last week while we were in Paris. It is a very interesting little place and I highly recommend it if you have any love at all for magic shows and magicians. My wife is no fan of museums, but she enjoyed this one as well as the adjoining Museum of Automates, a collection of old mechanical toys which is included in the price of admission. Both are small, but contain a wealth of history of magic and the magicians who made it as well as some nifty toys from the late 1800's and early 1900's. Although mostly in French, the exhibits, like those of Georges Melies, one of the first people to create visual special effects in early cinematography, and whose tale is featured in the movie "Hugo," are in themselves well worth the admission price of 14 Euros (about 16 dollars) apiece. There is a short magic show that is both entertaining and quite well done (also in French) and just watching the faces of the kids in the audience is, in itself, worth checking this place out. Oh, and just as an aside and a bit of a creepy fact....the Marquis de Sade used to live in the apartments above.
