World-class art in Paris

Your starting point is, of course, the incomparable Louvre, the largest art museum in the world

Jostle with the crowds to get a glimpse of the world’s most famous painting, the Mona Lisa

The Louvre is also home to Venus de Milo, one of the most famous works of Ancient Greek sculpture

The Pompidou Centre holds Europe’s largest collection of modern and contemporary art

The Orsay Museum, housed in a beautifully restored Belle Epoque train station, is another must for art lovers

It’s a temple to Impressionist art including works by Monet, Manet, Degas, Cezanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh

See the world’s largest of Claude Monet’s paintings at the Marmottan-Monet Museum

The Musée de l’Orangerie holds a fine collection of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings – most notably, Monet’s eight oversized ‘Water Lilies’ murals

The Picasso Museum holds over 5,000 of his works, plus many of his personal possessions and effects. He lived in Paris from 1904-1946

The Quai Branly Museum is the place to discover fascinating primal art and indigenous artefacts from all over the globe

Dali Paris, a small museum dedicated to surrealist Savlador Dali, exhibits over 300 of his works

The Rodin Museum holds works by one of the world’s greatest sculptors, Auguste Rodin

Feast on superb 19th-century Italian Renaissance masterpieces, French portraiture and decorative arts at the Jacquemart-Andre-Museum

The Gustave Moreau Museum is dedicated to the works of Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, housed in his former home and studio

Set in the old Hotel Donon, the Cognacq-Jay Museum houses a collection of 18th-century art collected by the department store mogul

The Museum of Modern Art (MAM) is the go-to place for modern art fans, with vast collections covering the major art movements of the past century

The Museum of Decorative Arts, the largest in Europe, has an inspirational collection of 1M+ exhibits, dating from the Middle Ages to the latest designers