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PALAIS DE TOKYO Click here
01 47 23 38 86; www.palaisdetokyo.com; 13 av du Président Wilson, 16e; adult/senior & 18-26yr €6/4.50, under 18yr free; noon-midnight Tue-Sun; Iéna
The Tokyo Palace, like the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris next door in yet another 1937 Exposition Universelle building, opened in 2002 as a Site de Création Contemporain (Site for Contemporary Arts). It has no permanent collection and plans no exhibitions of a single artist or theme but showcases ephemeral artwork, installations and performances. It’s event-driven rather than static and the whole idea is to get the viewer as close to the works of art and the artists as possible.
MUSÉE GALLIERA DE LA MODE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS Map
01 56 52 86 00; www.galliera.paris.fr, in French; 10 av Pierre 1er de Serbie, 16e; adult/14-26yr/student & senior €7/3.50/5.50, under 14yr free; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun; Iéna
The Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, housed in the 19th-century Palais Galliera, warehouses some 90,000 outfits and accessories – from canes and umbrellas to fans and gloves – from the 18th century to the present day and exhibits them along with items borrowed from collections abroad offering tremendously successful temporary exhibitions. The sumptuous Italianate palace and gardens dating from the mid-19th century are worth a visit in themselves.
MUSÉE GUIMET DES ARTS ASIATIQUES Click here
01 56 52 53 00; www.museeguimet.fr; 6 place d’Iéna, 16e; temporary exhibits adult €6.50-8.50, 18-25, student & senior €4.50-6, permanent collections free, under 18yr free; 10am-6pm Wed-Mon; Iéna
The Guimet Museum of Asiatic Arts is France’s foremost repository for Asian art and has sculptures, paintings, objets d’art and religious articles from Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Cambodia, China, Japan and Korea. Part of the collection, comprising Buddhist paintings and sculptures brought to Paris in 1876 by collector Émile Guimet, is housed in the Galeries du Panthéon Bouddhique du Japon et de la Chine (Buddhist Pantheon Galleries of Japan & China; 01 47 23 61 65; 19 av d’Iéna; admission free; 10am-6pm Wed-Mon; Iéna) in the scrumptious Hôtel Heidelbach a short distance to the north. Don’t miss the wonderful Japanese garden ( 1-5pm Wed-Mon) here.
GALERIE-MUSÉE BACCARAT Map
01 40 22 11 00; www.baccarat.com; 11 place des États-Unis, 16e; adult/student & 18-25yr €5/3.50, under 18yr free; 10am-6.30pm Mon, Wed & Sat; Boissière or Kléber
Showcasing 1000 stunning pieces of crystal, many of them custom-made for princes and dictators of desperately poor former colonies, this flashy museum is at home in its striking new rococo-style premises designed by Philippe Starck in the ritzy 16e. It is also home to a superb restaurant called – what else? – Le Cristal Room.
MUSÉE DAPPER Map
01 44 00 91 75; www.dapper.com.fr; 35 rue Paul Valéry, 16e; adult/senior & student €6/3, under 18yr free, last Wed of the month free; 11am-7pm Wed-Sun; Victor Hugo
This fantastic museum of sub-Saharan African and Caribbean art collected and exhibited by the nonprofit Dapper Foundation (in a 16th-century hôtel particulier with wonderful 21st-century add-ons) stages a couple of major exhibitions each year. The collection consists mostly of carved wooden figurines and masks, which famously influenced the work of Picasso, Braque and Man Ray. The ever-active auditorium sponsors African and Caribbean cultural events year-round – from concerts and storytelling to films and marionette performances.
MUSÉE DU VIN Map
01 45 25 63 26; www.museeduvinparis.com; rue des Eaux, 5 square Charles Dickens, 16e; adult/student/senior €8.90/7/7.50, under 14yr free; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun; Passy
The not-so-comprehensive Wine Museum, headquarters of the prestigious International Federation of Wine Brotherhoods, introduces