Musée du Luxembourg
The Musée du Luxembourg is a museum at 19 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Established in 1750, it was initially an art museum located in the east wing of the Luxembourg Palace and in 1818 became the first museum of contemporary art.Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
10:00 AM—7:00 PM
Monday and Friday: 10:00 AM—9:30 PM
December 24th: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
December 31st: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
January 1st: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
December 25th: closed - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Luxembourg Museum” and “Musee du Luxembourg”
- Roof shape: gabled
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Luxembourg Gardens and Mines Paris – PSL.
Luxembourg Gardens
Park
Photo: Kirua, Public domain.
The Jardin du Luxembourg, known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat, is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Mines Paris – PSL
University
Photo: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mines Paris – PSL, officially École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, also known as École des mines de Paris, is a French grande école and a constituent college of PSL University. Mines Paris – PSL is situated 520 metres southeast of Musée du Luxembourg.
Orsay Museum
Museum
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1¼ km northwest of Musée du Luxembourg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Left Bank and 6th arrondissement.
Left Bank
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Left Bank in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the French capital city of Paris. The Left Bank defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…
6th arrondissement
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
As with Paris itself, the 6th Arrondissement is hard to write about without using superlatives. There's a bit of everything here, from the busy sidewalks of Paris' main art Gallery scene to the expansive green spaces and under-tree cafés of the Jardin…
Latin Quarter
Suburb
Photo: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Latin Quarter of Paris is a district in Paris on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. Located in the city's 5th and the 6th arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.
Musée du Luxembourg
- Categories: art museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.8486° or 48° 50′ 55″ northLongitude
2.33402° or 2° 20′ 3″ eastLevels
2Named after
LuxembourgOpen location code
8FW4R8XM+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 170226810OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1411180
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Musée du Luxembourg” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լյուքսեմբուրգի թանգարան”
- Basque: “Luxenburgoko Museoa”
- Catalan: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Catalan: “Museu de Luxemburg”
- Chinese: “卢森堡博物馆”
- Czech: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Danish: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Dutch: “Musee du Luxembourg”
- Dutch: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف لوكسمبورج”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo de Luksemburgo”
- Finnish: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- French: “musée du Luxembourg”
- French: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- German: “Luxemburgmuseum”
- German: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון לוקסמבורג”
- Italian: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Italian: “Museo del Lussemburgo”
- Japanese: “リュクサンブール美術館”
- Korean: “룩셈부르크 박물관”
- Korean: “뤽상부르 박물관”
- Latvian: “Luksemburgas muzejs”
- Latvian: “Musee du Luxembourg”
- Latvian: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Luxembourgish: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Macedonian: “Лускембуршки музеј”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Norwegian: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Persian: “موزه لوکزامبورگ”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Luxemburgo”
- Portuguese: “Museu Luxembourg”
- Russian: “Музей в Люксембургском саду”
- Slovenian: “Luksemburški muzej”
- Slovenian: “musée du Luxembourg”
- Spanish: “musee du Luxembourg”
- Spanish: “musée du Luxembourg”
- Spanish: “Museo de Luxemburgo”
- Swedish: “Musée du Luxembourg”
- Turkish: “Lüksemburg Müzesi”
- Turkish: “Luxembourg Müzesi”
- Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Luxembourg”
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