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Best museums in Paris, ranked honestly

Ranked by Reality: whether each one delivers for people who went. The chips show if it lives up to its hype.

Petit Palais — photo by Dominique RIFFLART

Worth itReality 76 +171Petit Palais★ 4.7Champs-Élysées & West · MuseumOrnate 1900 palace off the Champs-Élysées with a free fine-arts collection and garden café

Bourse de Commerce — photo by Clemence Laurent de Cassini

Worth itReality 75 +382Bourse de Commerce★ 4.4Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MuseumContemporary art museum in a domed 18th-century grain exchange remodelled by Tadao Ando

Les Invalides — photo by Doriane Roussel

Worth itReality 75 +83Les Invalides★ 4.7Left Bank & Eiffel Tower · MuseumLouis XIV's veterans' complex: the gold-domed church with Napoleon's tomb plus the Army Museum

Musée Picasso — photo by Franck Diverd

Worth itReality 75 +314Musée Picasso★ 4.4Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MuseumThe world's largest public Picasso collection, in the 17th-century Hôtel Salé mansion in the Marais

Rodin Museum — photo by Josephine Pacate

Worth itReality 75 +205Rodin Museum★ 4.7Left Bank & Eiffel Tower · MuseumRodin's sculptures, including The Thinker, in an 18th-century mansion and rose garden

Musée de Cluny — photo by Jessica Knauss

Worth itReality 75 +396Musée de Cluny★ 4.5Left Bank & Eiffel Tower · MuseumNational museum of the Middle Ages in a Gothic mansion and Roman baths, home of the Lady and the Unicorn

Fondation Louis Vuitton — photo by G S

Worth itReality 70 +167Fondation Louis Vuitton★ 4.5Champs-Élysées & West · MuseumFrank Gehry's glass-sailed contemporary art museum on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne

Orsay — photo by Camille Morvan

Worth itReality 70 −148Orsay★ 4.8Left Bank & Eiffel Tower · MuseumImpressionist and 19th-century art in a former Beaux-Arts railway station on the Seine

Orangerie — photo by William Cheng

Worth itReality 70 +149Orangerie★ 4.6Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MuseumSmall Tuileries museum built around Monet's immersive Water Lilies oval rooms

Louvre — photo by Chien Ping

Worth it if…Reality 59 −3510Louvre★ 4.7Louvre, Islands & Le Marais · MuseumThe world's most-visited art museum, in a former royal palace, home of the Mona Lisa

The numbers

#	Place	Verdict	Hype	Reality	Gap	Google
1	Petit Palais	Worth it	59	76	+17 · Underrated	★ 4.7 (26,426)
2	Bourse de Commerce	Worth it	37	75	+38 · Underrated	★ 4.4 (9,903)
3	Les Invalides	Worth it	67	75	+8 · Lives up to the hype	★ 4.7 (44,179)
4	Musée Picasso	Worth it	44	75	+31 · Underrated	★ 4.4 (15,483)
5	Rodin Museum	Worth it	55	75	+20 · Underrated	★ 4.7 (21,149)
6	Musée de Cluny	Worth it	36	75	+39 · Underrated	★ 4.5 (7,719)
7	Fondation Louis Vuitton	Worth it	54	70	+16 · Underrated	★ 4.5 (25,374)
8	Orsay	Worth it	84	70	−14 · Overhyped	★ 4.8 (117,911)
9	Orangerie	Worth it	56	70	+14 · Underrated	★ 4.6 (25,108)
10	Louvre	Worth it if…	94	59	−35 · Overhyped	★ 4.7 (380,259)