Still Life in Paris, Inspired by Notre-Dame
You’re at your desk 24 hours after the outset of the fire at Notre-Dame, after being up much of the previous night, first having dinner with a friend, then standing in silence on Ile Saint Louis watching the blaze peter out, then speaking and texting with family and friends six time zones away, then ...
The Paris Médusarium, the Most Psychedelic Show in Town
The Médusarium at the Aquarium de Paris, set up to educate visitors about climate change while highlighting the beauty of ocean fauna, is akin to a marine jewel box. Watching these iridescent creatures perform their graceful water ballet is a mesmerizing, nearly hypnotic experience.
Cluny Museum of the Middle Ages: Magical Unicorns and Gothic Sculpture
When it fully reopens at the end of 2020, the Cluny Museum will regain its place among Paris’s major museums. Already, its 5-year restoration project is bearing fruit in the form of two concurrent exhibitions that explore the mysteries of medieval art and culture: Magical Unicorns (until Feb. 25, 2019) and Birth of Gothic Sculpture (until Jan. 7, 2019).
A Montmartre Treasure Hunt: Been There, Not Done That
The Montmartre Museum is just 300 yards from Sacré Coeur and Place du Tertre yet it feels well off the beaten track. As it should since this is a connoisseur’s museum with a quiet garden café. An end your Montmartre treasure hunt.
Napoleon, Neanderthals and Successful Businessmen
Two temporary exhibitions in Paris are of special interest to those who sit in their office late at night trying to understand the real or imagined dominance or superiority of some men over others: Napoleon Strategist at the Army Museum and Neanderthal, the Exhibit, at the Museum of Man.
Accessible Paris: An Interview with Architect Edouard Pastor
Meet architect Edouard Pastor, one of France’s leading experts on accessibility for those in situations of disability. He has been involved in audits and accessibility programing for a number of high-profile monuments in Paris, including the Eiffel Tower, the Palais Royal and Comédie Française Theaters, the Pompidou Center and others.
Accessible Paris: Information and Accessibility Labels
While many travelers scan the web for information as they prepare their trip to Paris, advance planning is especially important for those with a handicap or disability that may make it difficult or impossible to access certain museums and monuments. This article tells how to find information about accessible Paris.
Fall 2017: Art Shows and Other Exhibitions in Paris
As their summer country and seaside tans fade, Parisians take on the many shades of culture in the capital’s urban autumn museumscape. Here are the makers and shakers of the fall art and exhibition season, including Gaugin at the Grand Palais, Dior at the Arts Décoratifs, Rubens at the Luxembourg, Dada Africa at the Orangerie, and more.
Paris Is for Nerds
From Eiffel’s engineering to Pasteur’s rabies vaccine, from the trace of the Paris meridian to the swing of Foucault’s pendulum, from the Botanical Garden to the Discovery Palace, science holds a place of honor in the French capital. It’s a place that’s often ignored.