The best art galleries in France

The best art museums in France - Paris and elsewhere

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The best art galleries in France by area

Star rating, area	Galleries
Three stars ***	Paris: The Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, 19th century art, Impressionists Centre Pompidou, Modern art Musée Marmottan - Monet Musée de l'Orangerie - Monet and others Musée Picasso Lille (59 - northern France) Musée d'art moderne, Palais des Beaux Arts
Two stars ** Paris	Musée d'Art Moderne ( Palais de Tokyo), Musée Carnavalet, Musée Delacroix, Musée Rodin, Musée du Petit Palais. (free) Fondation Louis Vuitton (opened 2014) - impressive new contemporary art gallery, designed by Frank Gehry
** Northern France	Besançon ; Musée des Beaux Arts (Franche Comté) Chantilly (Picardy) ; Musée Condé in the Château Colmar (Alsace) : Musée Unterlinden Dijon : Musée des Beaux Arts Giverny (Normandy): Impressionists museum Le Cateau (Nord) Matisse museum Le Havre (Normandy): Musée Malraux Lens (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Louvre annexe. Metz (Lorraine) ; Centre Pompidou Metz. Nancy (Lorraine) ; Musée des Beaux Arts Roubaix (Nord) : La Piscine - 19th & 20th century art. Rouen (Normandie) ; Musée des Beaux arts - Impressionists and others Strasbourg ; Musée des Beaux Arts (Alsace)
** Mediterranean France	Antibes (Riviera): Musée Picasso Bagnols sur Cèze (Languedoc): Musée Albert André Céret (Languedoc) ; Musée d'art moderne Lyon ; Musée des Beaux Arts (Rhone-Alpes) Montpellier (Languedoc); Musée Fabre Nice : Musée Matisse (Riviera) Nice : Musée Chagall (Riviera) St. Paul de Vence (Riviera) : Fondation Maeght
** West and Southwest France	Agen (Aquitaine): Musée des Beaux-Arts. Albi (Midi-Pyrenees): Musée Toulouse Lautrec. Bayonne (Aquitaine) : Musée Bonnat Bordeaux (Aquitaine) ; Musée des Beaux-Arts Montauban (Midi-Pyrenees); Musée Ingres Nantes (Pays de la Loire) : Musée des Arts Rodez (Midi-Pyrenees); Musée Soulages Toulouse : (Midi-Pyrenees); Fondation Bemberg

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Defining the "best" art galleries in France is a matter of taste; but all the art galleries listed on this page present high quality collections of old masters or modern art. Some of the art galleries listed below are centered round the works of a single artist, others have more general collections; some, like the Louvre, are big, others are relatively small; but all are top quality galleries, and all are worth a visit

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The best art galleries in France

The best art museums in France - Paris and elsewhere

The best of France by theme

The best of France
by theme