Petit Palais – Fine Arts Museum of Paris

Petit Palais – Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Free permanent art and a courtyard garden opposite the Grand Palais

⚠ Closed Mondays

Hours

Tue–Sun 10am–6pm. Last entry: permanent galleries 5:15pm; exhibitions 4:45pm

Tickets

Permanent collection free; temporary exhibitions paid

Address

Avenue Winston-Churchill, 75008 Paris

Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle, this palace spreads painting, sculpture and decorative arts across generous galleries. Works from Delacroix and Courbet through the period around Impressionism can be seen at a gentler pace than Paris’s largest museums. Afterwards, step into the arcaded courtyard garden for a pause.