DK Travel : Paris : Museums & Galleries

Atelier d’Artistes de Belleville

Belleville, Paris’s secret art quarter, is home to the Ateliers d’Artistes de Belleville. It’s a non-profit association made up of painters, sculptors and crafts people, that supports the artists in Belleville, many of whom fiercely oppose the mainstream art scene. In the collective’s art gallery, open Wednesday through Saturday, 2 to 6pm, you’ll find a treasure trove of work. And in the last week of May they organise the annual portes ouvertes, with over 120 artists’ ateliers open to the public.
Expressions of Independence:

This exhibition is a first time and exceptional event, as no other group exhibition presenting the work of living Sri Lankan artists has taken place outside of Sri Lanka. The Mona Bismarck Foundation in Paris and the University of Visual and Performing Arts in Sri Lanka have chosen to create this exhibition within the framework of Sri Lanka’s national history: sixty Sri Lankan paintings for the 60th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s Independence to be celebrated this year.
Fondation Cartier

Famous architect Jean Nouvel's magnificent glass building is definitely worth a visit. As well as the impressive structure of the building, there is also an opportunity to enjoy the wild-flower garden and 200 year old, Lebonese Cedar (planted by Chateaubriand (1768-1848), which grows alongside it.

The Foundation Cartier is also a gallery for modern art, housing various exhibitions within a peaceful and elegant setting.
Hotel de Retz

The Hotel de Retz, tucked away in Paris’s Quartier du Temple, bears no signs of its previous patrician-era interiors. The historic building has been renovated into a series of art exhibition spaces. It houses the Passage de Retz (open daily, except Mon, 10am–7pm) which shows changing exhibitions of fine art and design from young artists. There's also a bookshop and café.
Musee des Arts et Metiers

Museum of trades - houses Cugnot's 1770 steam wagon (fardier a vapeur) and pioneer aviator Clement Ader's 'Avion' aircraft, as well as examples of early telegraph and computer technology
Musee Guimet

Museum of Asian Art with great Cambodian

(Khymer) collection
Musee Quai Branly

The Musée du quai Branly, nicknamed MQB, features indigenous art, cultures and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.

The museum contains the collections of the now-closed Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie and the ethnographic department of the Musée de l'Homme. The museum contains 267,000 objects in its permanent collection, of which 3,500 items from the collection are on display.