Is there any single website where I can look up Paris museum hours?
Jan 20th, 2003, 10:32 PM
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Is there any single website where I can look up Paris museum hours?
I'm making up a Paris itinerary, trying to make sure I don't miss any museum because of it being closed or short hours.<BR>I looked at the sites for the museum pass, but I can not find any current info on museum hours without going to each individual site.<BR>Is there another resource?
Jan 20th, 2003, 11:07 PM
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Quinty:<BR>This is one site you can find the info by clicking the museums.<BR>www.museums-of-paris.com<BR><BR>Other than that, best is to purchase a copy of the weekly what's on in Paris 'Pariscope' (only 0.40 Euro). A real must, when in Paris and interested in museums, etc.<BR>You can also read every single detail it online at:<BR><BR>www.pariscope.fr (no English version though).<BR>Click 'Art & Culture'.
Jan 21st, 2003, 04:08 AM
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www.paris.org used to have this info, but I am not 100% sure that it is updated regularly.<BR><BR>Quinty, I do recommend that you visit some of the museum websites anyway, particularly the one for the Louvre.<BR>It will be a big help in orienting yourself and planning your visit.
Jan 21st, 2003, 04:30 AM
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Elaine, the problem with paris.org is that is does not list any single special ongoing exhibit.<BR><BR>I came across this site which I find very useful. <BR>It lists ongoing exhibits as well as the ones scheduled for 2003 and even 2004.<BR><BR>www.parisavecvous.com <BR><BR>Just click 'Expositions en cours' or 'Expositions a venir'.<BR><BR>
Jan 21st, 2003, 11:26 AM
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I went to paris.org late last night and found it to be quite outdated. Some references were still in the 1990s. Once I saw that I didn't look much further on that site. <BR>I did check out the Louvre website, thank goodness for the English version. I have learned a decent amount of French for this trip, but I'm not quite ready for that (the Eiffel Tower website is more my speed in French!). <BR>Anyway, what I was looking for on there that I am not certain of is that the Louvre is open late on Mondays, but after the time 9:45 it always reads (short tour). What does that mean? Is the whole thing still open or just some special exhibit?<BR>I do want to take a tour at the Louvre before I get started, preferably a live one. Does anyone know about these? That info was not in English.<BR>I will check out a few more of the sites listed in your responses here.<BR>Also, just checking... Versialles is closed on Mondays? If so, glad I noticed because that was the day I was going to visit most likely.<BR>Time to change that!<BR>Thanks everybody. I really appreciate you taking the time to help! 
Jan 21st, 2003, 11:29 AM
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Check out the Versailles website of the French government. It is lovely and well done: www.chateauversailles.fr<BR><BR>Also, if you cannot take a tour of the Louvre, when you get inside, get a brochure in English (for free) and attack one major wing only and try to come back on another day since it's so huge. I suggest the Denon wing first. Look down the Grande Gallerie and imagine 400 years ago, the kings and queens and courtiers would ride horses up and down it! Pretty awesome and that's just the building. What until you see the art!
Jan 21st, 2003, 11:58 AM
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paris.org is a great web site for a lot of things, but the museum info isn't really updated much (or even), I have noticed. <BR><BR>All the museums are owned by various entities -- national, city, private, etc -- so there isn't one natural site to think of that would have all listed, except a city tourism site. Thinking that way, I checked the Paris Tourist Office web site and they do have a wonderful museum section with the hours and days of opening, URLs, etc for all museums. I think it's the best for one-stop info. www.paris-touristoffice.com<BR><BR>I looked at the www.museums-of-paris.com web site to see how it compared, and I couldn't get anything useful out of it. It looks like maybe it's good for exhibition summary, but when I used the search tool to search for all museums of contemporary art, it said there weren't any; I tried again searching for 19th-20th C. art and again it returned no list. I then tried 17th-18th Cen and it returned a couple private art galleries, but no Louvre, so I'm not sure what that site is.
