Beyond the Louvre: 5 Paris Museums That Deserve Your Time
By Hafid Assaoui · 2026-06-22
A licensed Paris guide selects five museums beyond the Louvre — Orsay, Rodin, l'Orangerie, Marmottan-Monet, and Jacquemart-André — with what to see and how long to stay.
If you only visit the Louvre, you will see the world''s greatest museum. You will also miss the point of Paris — which is that greatness is spread across the city. Here are five museums we send clients to when they have already done the Louvre. 1. Musée d'Orsay — the Impressionist cathedral A former Beaux-Arts railway station turned into the world''s best collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting. Van Gogh''s Starry Night Ove…