Musée Carnavalet

Advantages: Huge collection of art pieces and drawings
Disadvantages: none

...Musee du Louvre is an art piece by itself, besides the thousands and thousands of art pieces and drawings it stores. The entrance of pyramid is spectacular. Inside, there are so many sections of art display, be it egyptian, chinese, ancient art, modern art. Paintings, drawings, sculptures, pottery, whatever I can think of, are in this museum. The most popular of all is the Leornado di Vinci's Monalisa. To my amusement, it is being framed up and bordered around. One could only view it from a distance of three feet away, let alone touch it, excuse me. Well, it is an excellent art piece I would say. However, the huge number of viewers cluttering in front of it always seem neverending. You need at least a week to enjoy the entire art collection in the museum. If you are in Paris for the first Sunday of the month, pop... Read review

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Advantages: Gardens, beautiful sculptures
Disadvantages: Can be crowded in the house

...Invalides, and is open every day except Monday. Admission, at the time of writing (2000) is 28 Francs for adults, free for under 18's. The museum has a useful website, http://www.musee-rodin.fr that has opening hours, collection details etc.... Read review

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Advantages: grand architecture and truly spectacular exhibitions
Disadvantages: can be quite crowded, impossible to finish in one day

...it is impossible to describe the sheer splendour of the musee louvre. with the da vinci code, this structure has achieved cult-like status (no pun intended) around the world! first up, the exterior of the louvre. it is simply one of the largest and most breathtaking buildings. i would probably rank it as the most magnificient structure in paris, even ahead of the eiffel. the glass triangle dome makes it super unique and a picture with it would definitely say a thousand words. next up, the interior. the lourve is split up into 3 different galleries, Scully, Denon and Richelieu if i remember correctly. anw, if u ask the info counter staff, they would always recommend the gallery with mona lisa in it. the experience is like a pilgrimage. hundreds of ppl would flock straight to the mona lisa (hard to miss with loads of pointing to its... Read review

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