Music enthusiasts of all kinds will love a trip to the Cité de la Musique. Housing concerts, exhibitions, a library, and an excellent museum tracing the history of musical instruments, the Cité is the cultural center for musical life [more...]

If you're interested in science, check out the Musée Curie and see where the famous husband-and-wife team made major advancements in chemistry, notably with the discovery of radium. The laboratory is preserved and offers a peak into [more...]

The Institut du Monde Arabe, on the banks of the Seine in the 5th arrondissement, has been a cornerstone of cultural life in the Arab community and beyond. The stunning architecture is a site to see for itself, but even more exciting [more...]

The Musée Carnavalet houses all sorts of artifacts that relate to the history of Paris. Over 100 rooms in two beautiful old mansions (the 16th-century Hôtel Carnavalet and the 17th-century Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau) tell the [more...]

The best collection of impressionist art is at the Musée d'Orsay. But if you'd rather skip the crammed galleries of Monet and Van Gogh, there are many other great works that are less-visited. Gauguin, Redon, Courbet, Manet...paintings [more...]

The collection at the Centre Pompidou is sure to please: from Post-Impressionism to Pop Art, the modern and contemporary works are well-displayed and in a building that is itself a work of contemporary art, with exposed pipes and [more...]

Even if you know nothing about sculpture, a couple of hours at the Rodin Museum Gardens is a valuable respite from routine. The setting can stimulate reflection and discussion as pensive as the Thinker statue, or as light-hearted as [more...]

Take your date to look at some precious stones – maybe not diamonds yet, but minerals are nice, too. If you’re in the neighborhood of Jussieu university, stop by their museum of minerals, which displays over 2,000 gorgeous samples [more...]

Take your date in the steps of Balzac, whose house in the Passy neighborhood (16eme) was converted into the Musée de Balzac. He lived here under a fake name when he was avoiding creditors and writing some of his best work – La [more...]

If you take your date to visit the museum of great composer Erik Satie, you’ll be able to say you visited the world’s smallest museum. Indeed, the tiny space is called the “placard,” or closet. Free (thank goodness), but by [more...]

Don’t know Ossip Zadkine? Then get an intimate introduction by taking your date for a visit to the Musée Zadkine, the quiet little house the artist lived and worked most of his life in. According to his wishes, the house was arranged [more...]

Sorry, the Musée de la Vie Romantique will not teach you how to bring romance into your relationship. The Romanticism explored here is the 19th-century artistic movement, with particular emphasis on the writer George Sand and artist [more...]

Fans of the famous French songbird will enjoy a date at the Musée Edith Piaf, a small little museum that gathers all her dresses, photos, posters, letters… Entrance is free, but you have to call ahead and reserve: [more...]

Pack your lunch bag and bring your date to the beautiful Japanese garden at the Musee Guimet (free access). It’s very quiet and peaceful, and you can take a look inside a little Buddhist pantheon as well. There’s also a tea house [more...]

Brush up on your perfume history before The Perfume finally hits the screen! Fragonard perfumes has a free museum (guided tour included) in a beautiful building right by the Opera Garnier. Gorgeous chandeliers, perfume artifacts from [more...]

Tennis fans, cheer up – there doesn’t have to be a good game scheduled for you to go on a date to Roland-Garros stadium. There’s the Tenniseum, which goes through 500 years of tennis history, from the kings of France to the [more...]

Visit Paris's newest museum dedicated to the art and civilization of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. So far this museum has been a hit, with over 3500 different items on display. Come early to avoid the crowds and then head to [more...]

If you're into odd outings, take your date to this museum dedicated to France's favorite traditional passtime, hunting. You will see plenty of old hunting weapons and an entire room filled with stuffed animals. Not the cute fuzzy kind [more...]

If you can't make it all the way to Asia for a romantic getaway, you will be able to satisfy your thirst for Asian art and culture in the musee Guimet, one of the finest Asian art museums in the world. You can also participate in or [more...]

If you and your date are into Japanese culture, take a trip to 101 bis quai Branly for an enormous museum/center entirely dedicated to everything Japanese. An art exhibit, a library, intro courses varying from the traditional game Go [more...]