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Paris museum map
Map of Paris museum. Paris museum map (Île-de-France - France) to print. Paris museum map (Île-de-France - France) to download. There are about 140 museums in Paris as its shown in Paris museum map, covering a wide range of subjects (→ Paris: architecture and heritage). The most visited museums of Paris are : the Louvre museum, 8.3 million visitors, the Centre Pompidou, 3 million, the Musée d'Orsay, 3 million, the Cité des Sciences, 800,000 visitors (installed at Porte de la Villette and administratively gathered at the Palais de la Découverte, located on the Champs Elysées).
Paris most prized museum, the Louvre, welcomes over 8 million visitors a year, being by far the world most-visited art museum. The Louvre is one of the world largest and most famous museums, housing many works of art, including the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) and the Venus de Milo statue as its mentioned in Paris museum map. Paris newest (and third-largest) museum, the Musée du quai Branly, opened its doors in June 2006 and houses art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
Several museums, including the Museum of Mankind, the Naval Museum, the Museum of French Monuments, and the Cinema Museum, are located in Chaillot Palace (Palais de Chaillot) as you can see in Paris museum map. The old, disused Orsay railway station near the river was renovated and in 1986 was reopened as the Orsay Museum (Musée d’Orsay) of 19th-century art and civilization.