Musée des Arts Décoratifs
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs is a museum in Paris, France, dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of the decorative arts. Located in the city’s 1st arrondissement, the museum occupies the Pavillon de Marsan, the north-western wing of the Palais du Louvre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum of the decorative arts and design located in the Louvre’s northwest wing, Paris
- Also known as: “Louvra”, “MAD Paris”, “Musee des Arts Decoratifs”, “Musée des Arts Decoratifs”, “Musée des Arts décoratifs”, and “Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris”
- Address: 107 Rue de Rivoli, 75001
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Orsay Museum and Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.
Orsay Museum
Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. Orsay Museum is situated 590 metres southwest of Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
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The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, located in the Place du Carrousel. It is an example of Neoclassical architecture in the Corinthian order. Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is situated 160 metres south of Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
Louvre Pyramid
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The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass-and-metal entrance way and skylight designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyramids. Louvre Pyramid is situated 320 metres southeast of Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 1st arrondissement and 2nd arrondissement.
1st arrondissement
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The centre of contemporary Paris and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the 1st arrondissement is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.
2nd arrondissement
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The 2nd arrondissement of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.
Quartier des Halles
Quarter
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Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
- Categories: art museum, museum of decorative arts, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.86317° or 48° 51′ 47″ northLongitude
2.33295° or 2° 19′ 59″ eastElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
8FW4V87M+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 247584452OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
9781022Wikidata ID
Q1319378
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Musée des Arts Décoratifs” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- Armenian: “Դեկորատիվ արվեստի թանգարան”
- Catalan: “Louvre”
- Catalan: “Museu d’Arts Decoratives”
- Chinese: “裝飾藝術博物館”
- Czech: “Musée des arts décoratifs”
- Dutch: “Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Parijs)”
- Dutch: “Musée des Arts Décoratifs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الفنون الزخرفيه”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo de la Dekoraj Artoj”
- Finnish: “Musée des Arts Décoratifs”
- French: “MAD Paris”
- French: “musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris”
- French: “musée des Arts décoratifs”
- French: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- German: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- Hungarian: “Musée des arts décoratifs”
- Indonesian: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- Indonesian: “Musée des Arts Décoratifs”
- Irish: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- Italian: “Louvre”
- Italian: “Musée des arts décoratifs”
- Italian: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- Japanese: “パリ装飾美術館”
- Japanese: “パリ装飾芸術美術館”
- Japanese: “装飾美術博物館”
- Javanese: “Musée des Arts Décoratifs”
- Korean: “파리 장식미술관”
- Luxembourgish: “Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris”
- Malay: “Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris”
- Persian: “موزه هنرهای تزئینی پاریس”
- Portuguese: “Musée des Arts Décoratifs”
- Romanian: “Muzeul de arte decorative (Paris)”
- Russian: “Музей декоративного искусства”
- Scots: “musée des Arts Décoratifs”
- Slovenian: “MAD Paris”
- Slovenian: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- Slovenian: “Muzej dekorativne umetnosti (Pariz)”
- Spanish: “MAD París”
- Spanish: “Musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris”
- Spanish: “Museo de Artes Decorativas de París”
- Spanish: “Museo de las Artes Decorativas de París”
- Spanish: “Museo de las Artes Decorativas”
- Swedish: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- Turkish: “Musée des arts décoratifs”
- Urdu: “آرائشی فنون کا عجائب گھر، پیرس”
- Vietnamese: “Musée des Arts décoratifs”
- “Musée des arts décoratifs”
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