Petit Palais

Also known as Petit-Palais, Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris

building housing the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris

Key facts

Established: Universal Exposition of 1900
Location: Avenue Winston-Churchill, 75008 Paris , France
Type: Historic site , exhibition hall
Visitors: 1,187,637 (2023)
Architect: Charles Girault
Public transit access: Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau , Franklin D. Roosevelt
Website: www.petitpalais.paris.fr

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Petit Palais

Construit pour l’Exposition universelle de 1900, le bâtiment du Petit Palais, chef d’oeuvre de l’architecte Charles Girault, est devenu en 1902 le Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. Il abrite une très belle collection de peintures, sculptures, mobiliers et objets d’art datant de l’Antiquité jusqu’en 1914.

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Official website: www.petitpalais.paris.fr
Image: Petit Palais Paris 2.jpg

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Commons gallery: Petit Palais
Commons category: Petit Palais
Commons Institution page: Petit Palais
inception: 1902-01-01
date of official opening: 1900-00-00
social media followers: 90592
phone number: +33 1 53 43 40 00
visitors per year: 1000000
native label: Petit Palais

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The Petit Palais ( French: [p(ə)ti palɛ]; English: Small Palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris). The Petit Palais is located across from the Grand Palais on the former Avenue Nicolas II, today Avenue Winston-Churchill. The other façades of the building face the Seine and Avenue des Champs-Élysées.