The Museum Pass – buy it and go in and out of more museums than you can possibly imagine as often as you want for 2, 4, or 6 consecutive days. Be careful: there is a Paris Museum Pass and a Paris Pass. Based on a very quick analysis, the Paris Pass is probably not the better deal if you are into museums. It has some extras, but costs more than the Paris Museum Pass and only lets you visit each attraction one time.
Whereas, with the Paris Museum Pass, you can go in and out of the Louvre, the D’Orsay, and everything else as often as you want. The Louvre is so big and so amazing that it cannot be done at one go. Instead, pick a theme and just visit that section. I spent hours in the Egyptian section, for example. Then leave and have lunch, go do something else, and come back for the evening. The D’Orsay at night has an amazing view of Paris. With the pass, you skip the long lines. You recoup the cost in a few visits, especially since the bigger museums are beginning to be very costly. I love it. Never a worry about change, never a line – and never that awful feeling when you’re tired, hungry, your feet hurt, and you just can’t absorb one more thing – but you can’t afford to leave, either. With the Museum Pass, you come and go as you please. The following is a list of Parisina monuments and museums that accept the Museum Pass (see how many museums we could be covering? Perhaps I will revert to the Spring Chocolate Tour next posting).
Arc de Triomphe – 8th arrondissement –
Musee de l’Armee – 7th arrondissement – Musee de l’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – 16th arrondissement – Musee National d’Art Moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou – 4th arrondissement – Musee des Arts d’Afrique et Oceanie – 12th arrondissement – Musee des Arts Asiatiques – 16th arrondissement – Musee des Arts decoratifs – 1st arrondissement – Musee des Arts et Metiers – 3rd arrondissement – Musse national des Arts et Traditions populaires – 16th arrondissement – Musee de l’Assistance Publique – Hopitaux de Paris – 5th arrondissement – Maison de Balzac – 16th arrondissement – Musee Bourdelle – 15th arrondissement – Musee Carnavalet – 3rd arrondissement – Musee Cernuschi – 8th arrondissement – Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie – 19th arrondissement – Conciergerie – 1st arrondissement – Musee Cognacq-Jay – 3rd arrondissement – Musee Eugene Delacroix – 6th arrondissement – Musee des Egouts de Paris – 7th arrondissement – Musee d’Ennery – 16th arrondissement – Musee Hebert – 6th arrondissement – Musee Jean Jacques Henner – 17th arrondissement – Maison de Victor Hugo – 4th arrondissement – Musee de l’Institut du Monde Arabe – 5th arrondissement – Musee national de la Legion d’honneur et des ordres de la chevalerie – 7th arrondissement – Musee du Louvre – 1st arrondissement – Musee de la Marine – 16th arrondissement – Memorial du Marechal Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Liberation de Paris-Musee Jean Moulin – 14th arrondissement – Musee de la Mode et du Textile – 1st arrondissement – Musee de la Monnaie – 6th arrondissement – Musee des Monuments Fran�ais – 16th arrondissement – Musee Gustave Moreau – 9th arrondissement – Musee du Moyen Age, Thermes de Cluny – 5th arrondissement – Musee de la Musique-La Villette – 19th arrondissement – Musee Nissim de Camondo – 8th arrondissement – Tours et crypte archeologique de Notre Dame – 4th arrondissement – Musee de l’Orangerie des Tuileries – 1st arrondissement – Musee d’Orsay – 7th arrondissement – Pantheon – 5th arrondissement – Musee du Petit-Palais – 8th arrondissement – Musee Picasso – 3rd arrondissement – Musee des Plans-reliefs – 7th arrondissement – Musee de la Poste – 15th arrondissement – Musee Rodin – 7th arrondissement – Sainte Chapelle – 1st arrondissement – Musee de la Vie Romantique – 9th arrondissement – Musee Zadkine – 6th arrondissement –