Paris for Art Lovers: Nine of the Best Small Museums in Paris artsy-traveler.com

Explore 9 of the best art museums in Paris & see hidden gems, including the Cluny, Orangerie, Zadkine, Picasso, Quai Branly, & Marmottan.

Choosing the best small museums in Paris to feature in a post about my fave art museums is like choosing a favorite child. It’s almost impossible! But I’m going to give it a whirl anyway to introduce you to some museums that you may not have visited.

You’ll notice I’ve left the three biggies off my list: the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Centre Pompidou. All three are über must-sees, and you’ll find information about them in this post that matches Parisian sights with bistro dishes from my novel Love Among the Recipes.
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But the operative word in this post is small, some may even say obscure! You will find some fairly well-known museums on my list, but you may also find several that you have not heard of, let alone visited.