Museums
Museums of France
2,511 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum302museums
Military museum90museums
Archaeological museum65museums
Ecomuseum52museums
Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
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2Musée d'Orsay
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1986
1.04M visitors12 famous works
4Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Salpêtrière, Île-de-France
Natural history museum · 1793
1.9M visitors7 famous works
5Musée National d'Art Moderne
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1947
1.5M visitors12 famous works
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7Musée de l'Armée
Paris, Île-de-France
Military museum · 1905
1.25M visitors12 famous works
8Musée d'art moderne de Paris
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1935
289k visitors11 famous works
9Musée de l'Orangerie
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1852
380k visitors12 famous works
11Musée Picasso, Paris
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1985
629k visitors5 famous works
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12Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Art museum · 1801
356k visitors12 famous works
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15Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1905
391k visitors7 famous works
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16Condé Museum
Chantilly, Hauts-de-France
Art museum · 1898
221k visitors12 famous works
17Nantes Museum of Arts
Nantes, Pays de la Loire
Art museum · 1801
299k visitors12 famous works
18Louvre-Lens
Éleu-dit-Leauwette, Hauts-de-France
Art museum · 2010
533k visitors9 famous works
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19Musée du quai Branly
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 2006
616k visitors4 famous works
20Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
Albi, Occitanie
Art museum · 1922
176k visitors12 famous works
21Musée des Arts et Métiers
Paris, Île-de-France
University museum · 1794
368k visitors3 famous works
22Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Lille, Hauts-de-France
Art museum · 1809
298k visitors12 famous works
23Museum of Grenoble
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Art museum · 1798
229k visitors12 famous works
24Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Rouen, Normandy
Art museum · 1801
167k visitors12 famous works
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25Unterlinden Museum
Colmar, Grand Est
Art museum · 1847
82k visitors12 famous works
26Musée de l'Histoire de France
Versailles, Île-de-France
8.18M visitors12 famous works
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27Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
Nancy, Grand Est
Art museum · 1793
121k visitors12 famous works
28Musée des Augustins
Toulouse, Occitanie
Art museum · 1801
60k visitors12 famous works
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29Musée Carnavalet
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1880
7,870 visitors12 famous works
30Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, New Aquitaine
Art museum · 1801
112k visitors12 famous works
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31Musée Cognacq-Jay
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1929
66k visitors6 famous works
32Musée Granet
Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Art museum · 1838
175k visitors8 famous works
33Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Art museum · 1787
46k visitors11 famous works
34Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, Grand Est
Art museum · 1890
67k visitors12 famous works
35National Archaeological Museum
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France
Archaeological museum · 1862
110k visitors9 famous works
36Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Strasbourg, Grand Est
Art museum · 1973
87k visitors8 famous works
37Musée Saint-Raymond
Toulouse, Occitanie
Archaeological museum · 1892
63k visitors12 famous works
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38Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Art museum · 1801
53k visitors8 famous works
39Louis Vuitton Foundation
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France
Art museum · 2014
1.57M visitors1 famous works
40Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
Rennes, Brittany
Art museum · 1794
92k visitors12 famous works
41Musée Gustave Moreau
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1903
43k visitors5 famous works
42MuMa Museum of modern art André Malraux
Le Havre, Normandy
Art museum · 1961
115k visitors12 famous works
43Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Art museum · 1694
21k visitors12 famous works
44Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours
Tours, Centre-Val de Loire
Art museum · 1795
69k visitors6 famous works
45Lugdunum Musée et Théâtres
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Archaeological museum · 1975
119k visitors12 famous works
46Museum Ingres Bourdelle
Montauban, Occitanie
Art museum · 1854
11k visitors12 famous works
47Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Pantin, Île-de-France
Technology museum
2.2M visitors
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48Eugène-Delacroix National Museum
Paris, Île-de-France
Art museum · 1971
75k visitors4 famous works
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49Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
Caen, Normandy
Art museum · 1801
73k visitors6 famous works
51Musée Courbet
Ornans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Art museum · 1971
72k visitors6 famous works
52Calvet Museum
Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Art museum · 1811
71k visitors7 famous works
53Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame
Strasbourg, Grand Est
Art museum · 1931
26k visitors9 famous works
54Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers
Angers, Pays de la Loire
Art museum · 1801
105k visitors6 famous works
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Musée Renoir
Cagnes-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Art museum
47k visitors7 famous works
58
Museum of Fine Arts of Reims
Reims, Grand Est
Art museum · 1794
42k visitors8 famous works
59
Musée de l'Air
Le Bourget, Île-de-France
Aviation museum · 1919
212k visitors1 famous works
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau
Bizanos, New Aquitaine
Art museum · 1864
20k visitors8 famous works
Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 302 |
| Military museum | 90 |
| Archaeological museum | 65 |
| Ecomuseum | 52 |
| University museum | 26 |
| Natural history museum | 23 |
| History museum | 19 |
| Heritage railway | 17 |
| Cinematheque | 12 |
| Historic house museum | 11 |
| Railway museum | 11 |
| Maritime museum | 10 |
| Sculpture garden | 10 |
| Open-air museum | 9 |