Musée du Louvre

The most prominent art collection in Paris (and one of the most known in the world) is housed at this outstanding museum, which is housed in the old royal palace of French kings. Visiting the Louvre gives you a crash course in some of the Western Civilization's greatest works of art.

The Louvre's vast collection of over 30,000 works of art includes everything from Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities to European paintings from the 13th to the 19th centuries. The French crown jewels, antique French furniture, Islamic art, and Neoclassical 18th-century statues are also on display. The Louvre's painting collection is one of the world's most extensive, including all periods of European art from the Renaissance through the Revolutions of 1848. The Louvre houses the world's best collection of French paintings from the 15th to the 19th centuries, as well as several masterpieces by Italian Renaissance painters, including Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19), and works by Flemish and Dutch Baroque painters.

Address: Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Official site: http://www.louvre.fr/en/homepage