What is the best museum in Paris?

Palaces, a railway station, a bank vault of a mansion and two oval rooms built for one painter. Admission queues are not a ranking criterion here.

1. 1
   Musee d'Orsay

   A converted railway station holding the largest Impressionist collection anywhere.
   1000pts

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2. 2
   Musee du Louvre

   The world's most visited museum, from the Venus de Milo to the Mona Lisa.
   999pts
3. 3
   Musee de l'Orsay Jeu de Paume

   A former royal tennis court, now a centre for photography and image.
   657pts
4. 4
   Musee Carnavalet

   The history of Paris itself, from Roman boats to Proust's bedroom.
   559pts
5. 5
   Musee Marmottan Monet

   Holds the largest Monet collection in the world, 94 canvases, including Impression, Sunrise.
   433pts
6. 6
   Musee de l'Orangerie

   Two oval rooms built to Monet's brief for eight Water Lilies panels, 91 metres in all.
   357pts
7. 7
   Petit Palais

   A free municipal collection inside a 1900 World's Fair palace.
   357pts
8. 8
   Musee de Cluny

   Medieval art in Roman baths, with the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries.
   357pts
9. 9
   Atelier des Lumieres

   Projected digital exhibitions inside a nineteenth-century iron foundry.
   269pts
10. 10
    Musee Rodin

    The sculptor's own house and garden, with The Thinker outside.
    167pts
11. 11
    Musee Picasso

    A Marais mansion with work Picasso kept for himself.
    167pts
12. 12
    Fondation Louis Vuitton

    Frank Gehry's glass sails in the Bois de Boulogne.
    167pts
13. 13
    Musee du Quai Branly

    Jean Nouvel's green wall and the collections of Africa, Asia and Oceania.
    167pts

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