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Paris, France

Petit Palais

The city of Paris's own fine art museum, free and built for the 1900 World's Fair.

Petit Palais
Photo: King of Hearts / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Courbet, Monet, Cézanne and a semicircular garden with a café under palm trees. The permanent collection costs nothing and is one of the best-kept secrets on the Champs-Élysées.

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Opening hours and prices change regularly — always check the museum’s own site before you travel.

Do not miss

  • The garden courtyard café
  • Courbet and Monet
  • Art nouveau interiors
  • Free permanent collection

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