As there is so much to see in Le Marais, we have split up the attractions into different pages. This pages offers you Museums and Grand Houses (hôtel particulier), look here for more information on:

Religious Sites | Art Galleries | Gardens

Free entry

Some of the major museums in Paris are free entry on 1st Sunday of the month including three large ones near the apartment: Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, the Musée national Picasso (closed until 2013) and Musée national d'art moderne at the Centre Pompidou.

Marais: Museums and Grand Houses

Below are links to sites about the many museums and grand houses (Hôtels) in the Marais and area, all within walking distance from the apartment. Some are modern and traditional, some are large and some tiny, some are formal and some very quirky.
• Hôtel de Ville
• Musée de la Poupée
• Hôtel de Sully
• Hôtel de Sens
• Archives de France
• Centre Pompidou
• Musée Carnavalet
• Musée Picasso dans l'hôtel Salé
• Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme
• Musée des arts et métiers
• Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris
• Hôtel d'Angoulême ou de Lamoignon
• Centre culturel suédois
• Musée Cognacq-Jay
• Musée de la Magie (Academy of Magic)
• Musée de la chasse et de la nature
• Musée de la Maison de Victor Hugo
• Maison Européenne de la Photographie
• Musée de l'Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

The Louvre: This amazing and huge museum – about 35,000 works of art – althoug not in Le Marias, is about 20 minutes walk away from the apartment. Originally a royal palace, it became a museum at the end of the 18th century displaying works up to the mid 19th century, including the Venus of Milo and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Go and get lost to find yourself.

These museums in Paris outside the Marais are well worth a visit:

Musée Jacquemart-André: Created from the private home of Édouard André (1833–1894) and Nélie Jacquemart. Édouard married the well-known society painter, Nélie Jacquemart, who had painted his portrait 10 years earlier. Every year, the couple would travel in Italy, amassing one of the finest collections of Italian art in France. When Edouard André died, Nélie bequeathed the mansion and its collections to the Institut de France, and it opened to the public in 1913. It has state, private and informal apartments, an Italian museum and a winter garden.

Quai Branly
Musee Orsay

It is impossible to show you everything about this amazing area of Paris, Le Marais. We have chosen a few of our favorite things that are close to our luxury rental apartment. If you are interested in shopping look here. For eating and drinking here. For museums and art here. For history of the area here. Other attractions you can stroll to from the flat, including Notra Dame:
Within 15 minutes walk