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The Earful Tower: Paris

Hidden Gems: 5 Underrated Museums in Paris

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Paris is home to over 100 museums, from world-renowned art galleries to quirky, hidden gems. In this episode, we highlight 5 underrated museums you won’t want to miss, each offering a unique glimpse into Parisian history and culture.

Discover the Bibliothèque Nationale Richelieu, where centuries of knowledge await. This historic library houses treasures like a rare Gutenberg Bible and an original manuscript of Les Misérables. Then, explore the newly renovated Musée Carnavalet, a free museum dedicated to the history of Paris, complete with a beautiful Art Nouveau shop and a charming courtyard café.

Next, step into the elegant Musée Jacquemart André, an aristocratic mansion on Boulevard Haussmann that showcases Italian art and a stunning fresco. For something truly unique, visit the Musée des Moulages, a museum of dermatological casts housed in one of Paris’ oldest hospitals. Finally, don’t miss Musée de Montmartre, where iconic artists like Renoir once worked, and the beautiful gardens are just as impressive as the exhibits.

This episode is brought to you by My Private Paris, the award-winning travel company offering private tours in Paris, day trips around France, and custom travel itineraries. 

Become a member of The Earful Tower on Patreon or Substack for bonus content, early access, and invites to exclusive events. Members can read the full "Top 20" list of our tips for Best Museums in Paris, one for every arrondissement.

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody, Oliver G here from the Earful Tower podcast.

0:04.1

And today we're going to be talking about museums, specifically five very underrated museums, five very different museums.

0:13.3

You're going to hear a few different voices in this episode.

0:16.6

And let me just explain the concept of it.

0:19.4

This is part of a new series that I'm launching that I want to call the top 20.

0:25.3

And the idea is I've picked the top blank, in this case museum, for every one of the Paris Arandisponts.

0:33.9

There's 20 Arondisvons, that means 20 museums.

0:35.9

And for this podcast episode

0:37.6

you're about to hear, you're going to hear a discussion about just five of them. In this case,

0:42.4

I picked five really underrated, unusual, cool, worth visiting museums from my list of 20.

0:49.2

The idea is, hopefully, a fun episode for everyone, and give you some tips for your next trip to paris but also

0:56.4

for the full list for the full 20 museum list you got to become a member on patrion or substack

1:02.3

in my hope being there that the members will enjoy something that's four times better than what

1:09.5

will hopefully be a great show anyway.

1:11.8

So the best museum in every hour in this month today focusing on five underrated museums.

1:17.2

I think we'll start with one from me, one that I personally love before we get into some of these other voices.

1:21.9

And I've talked about it on the show a couple of years ago, and it's the Bibliotech Nacional Richelieu, which is, or more affectionately

1:32.2

known as the BNF. Now it's a library and this, I think, I've met a lot of listeners to this show

1:39.2

who've excitedly told me that they went and checked this out and that they loved it. And I think

1:44.1

it's underrated

1:45.9

because so many people still don't realize that there's this kind of hidden museum in this very

1:51.0

newly renovated building. So you've surely seen pictures of this sal ovale, this beautiful, big

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