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| ===== Musée du Luxembourg ===== | ===== Musée du Luxembourg ===== | ||
| People look at a 1953 painting by Matisse "La Gerbe" as part of the exhibition at the musee du Luxembourg | People look at a 1953 painting by Matisse "La Gerbe" as part of the exhibition at the musee du Luxembourg | ||
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| The first French museum opened to the public in 1750, the Musée du Luxembourg hosts only two exhibitions a year. Neighboring the Palais du Luxembourg and the lush Luxembourg Gardens, this intimate space, redesigned by architect Shigeru Ban, highlights Paris’s role as the capital of the arts and the relationship between art and power. Snag a seat at Angelina’s terrace for a contemplative post-expo chocolat chaud. | The first French museum opened to the public in 1750, the Musée du Luxembourg hosts only two exhibitions a year. Neighboring the Palais du Luxembourg and the lush Luxembourg Gardens, this intimate space, redesigned by architect Shigeru Ban, highlights Paris’s role as the capital of the arts and the relationship between art and power. Snag a seat at Angelina’s terrace for a contemplative post-expo chocolat chaud. | ||
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| What happens when 19th-century collector Edouard André and his artist wife Nélie Jacquemart travel across Europe and the East to collect rare art and furniture? Musée Jacquemart-André is open to present their magnanimous collections. This 19th-century mansion invites into ceremonial rooms and private apartments where works by Flemish and German schools, frescoes, and tapestries decorate the ground floor. The first floor is dedicated to the Italian Renaissance period. | What happens when 19th-century collector Edouard André and his artist wife Nélie Jacquemart travel across Europe and the East to collect rare art and furniture? Musée Jacquemart-André is open to present their magnanimous collections. This 19th-century mansion invites into ceremonial rooms and private apartments where works by Flemish and German schools, frescoes, and tapestries decorate the ground floor. The first floor is dedicated to the Italian Renaissance period. | ||
| - | ===== Musée de la vie Romantique (Museum of Romantic Life) ===== | + | ===== Musée de la vie Romantique |
| + | ==== (Museum of Romantic Life) ==== | ||
| Welcome to the former home of painter Ary Scheffer, dating back to 1830 and filled with his paintings. Tucked away in a courtyard south of Montmartre, the ground floor of this literary museum is dedicated to Scheffer’s confidant, the writer George Sand. Portraits, furniture, and jewelry from bygone days reveal much about this nom de plume, including her relationship with Frédéric Chopin. Rose Bakery tearoom, with its garden setting, adds to the romance. | Welcome to the former home of painter Ary Scheffer, dating back to 1830 and filled with his paintings. Tucked away in a courtyard south of Montmartre, the ground floor of this literary museum is dedicated to Scheffer’s confidant, the writer George Sand. Portraits, furniture, and jewelry from bygone days reveal much about this nom de plume, including her relationship with Frédéric Chopin. Rose Bakery tearoom, with its garden setting, adds to the romance. | ||
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