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Picasso museum in Paris

In the heart of the fashionable Le Marais district in Paris, the Picasso museum is dedicated to famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1881-1973).

The Picasso museum is housed in Hotel Sale, a superb 1656 city mansion, close to Centre Pompidou.

It was opened in 1985 with 203 paintings and 156 pieces of sculpture, coming from the Picasso heritage and paid to the French state as death duties.

The Picasso museum in Paris
The Picasso museum in Paris

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Pablo Picasso arrived in Paris in 1900. With many other painters, he then turned Montmartre into the fabric of modern art.

Pablo Picasso then spent most of his life in Paris and warm and lovely Provence in Southern France.

You will see great paintings in the museum including Paul Arlequin and the portrait of Dora Maar.

Whether you like Pablo Picasso paintings or not, you will be moved by the colorful masterpieces in display.

Paul Arlequin by Pablo PIcasso
Paul Arlequin by Pablo PIcasso

Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso
Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso

The Picasso museum is an intimate museum in the heart of trendy Le Marais district. Go for it.

Musee national Picasso
Hotel Sale
5, rue de Thorigny
75003 Paris
Tel: 33 (0)1 42 71 25 21

Opening hours:
9.30am to 5.30pm from October 1st to March 31st, 9.30am to 6pm from April 1st to September 30th.
Saint-Paul station on line 1 (10 minutes walk).

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