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Focused on African and Caribbean art, this jewel of a museum is an invitation to leave Paris
behind for an hour or two. Exhibits rotate throughout the year, but the permanent collection
is superb: ritual and festival masks and costumes accompanied by several video presenta-
tions. The auditorium hosts film screenings, concerts, storytelling and other cultural events.
ART MUSEUM
PALAIS DE TOKYO
noon-midnight Wed-Mon; Iéna)
The Tokyo Palace, created for the 1937 Exposition Universelle, has no permanent collec-
tion. Rather its shell-like interior of concrete and steel is a stark backdrop to interactive
contemporary-art exhibitions and installations. Its bookshop is fabulous for art and design
magazines, and its eating/drinking options are magic.
ART MUSEUM
MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
10am-6pm Tue, Wed, Fri-
Sun, 10am-10pm Thu; Iéna)
The permanent collection at Paris' modern-art museum displays works representative of just
about every major artistic movement of the 20th and (nascent) 21st centuries, with works by
Modigliani, Matisse, Braque and Soutine. The real jewel though is the room hung with
canvases by Dufy and Bonnard. Look out for cutting-edge temporary exhibitions (not free).
MUSEUM
FONDATION PIERRE BERGÉ-YVES SAINT LAURENT
11am-6pm Tue-Sun; Alma Marceau)
This foundation dedicated to preserving the work of the
haute couture
legend organises tem-
porary fashion and art exhibitions.
MUSEUM
MUSÉE DE LA MODE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
10am-6pm Tue, Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-9pm Thu; Iéna)
Paris' Fashion Museum, housed in 19th-century Palais Galliera, warehouses some 100,000
outfits and accessories - from canes and umbrellas to fans and gloves - from the 18th cen-
tury to the present day. The sumptuous Italianate palace and gardens dating from the
mid-19th century are worth a visit in themselves, as are the excellent temporary exhibitions
the museum hosts.
