From the Louvre’s Mona Lisa to Jeanne Gang’s revamped Grand Palais, here’s a 500-word sprint through Paris’s must-see museums—tickets, tips, and insider picks included.
Because no other city lets you time-travel from Gothic stone to AI installations in a single Métro ride.
With the Olympics in the rear-view and renovation dust settling, 2025 is the sweet spot: fresher galleries, lighter crowds, and a flurry of reopenings before the Pompidou hits pause in September.
Musée du Louvre
Super-power: 38,000 objects, 9 million visitors, a new Byzantine wing due 2027.
Fast lane: Reserve a 9 a.m. entry; bee-line to Mona Lisa via Salle des États, then escape to lesser-known Near Eastern rooms for quiet.
Musée d’Orsay
Housed in a Beaux-Arts train station; Monet’s lilies glow under the vaulted clock. By 2026 its riverfront Hôtel de Mailly-Nesle morphs into an open-access research lab—preview models in the lobby.
Musée de l’Orangerie
Oval halls = infinity-loop immersion inside Monet’s Water Lilies. New Walter-Guillaume rehanging maps the leap from Renoir to early Picasso in 90 steps.
Notre-Dame Treasury (Dec 2024 Relaunch)
Ring the Olympic bell on Saturdays and book the free app-guided route—crowds max out by noon. Towers stay closed, but the amber-lit nave is back.
Centre Pompidou (Last call!)
Snag a timed ticket before the August 2025 shutter. The farewell survey “Air & Light” scatters Calder mobiles across Renzo Piano’s exposed pipes—Instagram it while you can.
Jeu de Paume
Paris Photo’s spiritual home pivots to AI-image ethics this summer; evening talks are free with 6 p.m. entry.
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
Dufy’s 600 sq m Electric Fairy mural just finished micro-cleaning—look for the revived neon blues.
Palais de Tokyo
Europe’s largest contemporary playground. BYO curiosity: the basement hammam hosts sound baths every full moon.
Musée Rodin
Spring roses meet The Thinker—reserve a garden-only pass (€8) for golden-hour picnics. New audio guide pairs poems by Rainer Maria Rilke (Rodin’s former secretary) with each bronze.
Grand Palais (Phased Re-Entry)
The glass nave reopens for Art Basel Paris (Oct). Until then, book an architect-led “hard-hat” tour: see the steel ribs and Christophe Roussel’s solar roofing before the crowds.
Notre‑Dame Treasury & Nave (8 Dec 2024): post‑fire comeback, free online slots mandatory.
Grand Palais Nave Sneak Peeks (summer 2025): Olympic‑grade glass vault, soft‑launch exhibits.
Hôtel de Mailly‑Nesle Research Center (early 2026 warm‑up tours begin late 25): Orsay’s new brain.
Musée du Louvre – 38 000 works; time‑box each wing.
Musée d’Orsay – World’s largest Impressionist cache.
Musée de l’Orangerie – Monet’s Water Lilies infinity rooms.
Centre Pompidou – Last chance before 2025‑30 renovation.
Palais de Tokyo – Europe’s biggest contemporary art lab.
Musée Rodin – Sculpture + sculpture garden double hit.
Musée Guimet – Asia through 5 millennia.
Buy the 2‑day Paris Museum Pass (€65)—skip queues at 30 sites.
Late Fridays: Louvre till 21:45; Orsay till 21:45 first Thu; Orangerie till 21:00 every Mon.
Mobile lockers: download “BagVAN” app for €6 station drop‑offs—Louvre backpacks banned.
Velib pit‑stops: use bike dock at Pont des Arts to shuttle Left↔Right Bank in 4 minutes flat.
Whether you’re a first‑timer chasing Mona Lisa selfies or a seasoned flâneur hunting under‑the‑radar archives, Paris museums 2025 offer a rare overlap of grand reopenings and last‑chance visits.
Pack good shoes, pre‑book those time slots, and let the Seine guide your hop between centuries—because art history here isn’t housed, it’s alive, and next year it turns the volume way up.
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