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Mar/13/2010
PARIS MUSEUMS NEWS AND INFO
from the 2/ 10/ 2010 until the 17 / 10/ 2010 Mondial de l'Automobile
Paris International Motor Show
The Paris motor show opens to the general public at the beginning of October at Paris Expo at the Porte de Versailles. International car brands will present their range of vehicles, previews of their latest models and prototypes. This year, the show features the cars of the future: concept and hybrid cars, bio-fuels and electric cars.
Car fanatics will once again find the usual areas devoted to commercial vehicles, as well as a variety of activities (beginners’ outdoor 4-wheel drive racetrack, indoor electric karting track).
Two new attractions mark this year’s edition of the Paris International Motor Show: "Pôle Prestige" will showcase a dozen of the most luxurious brands in the automotive sector, while "Taxis du Monde" will trace the history and development of cabs from around the world.
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Port de Versailles 75015 Paris
Metro : Porte de Versailles or Balard 01 56 88 22 40 www.mondial-automobile.com
from the 3/ 2/ 2010 until the 28 / 6/ 2010 That’s Life ! – Vanities
From Caravagio to Damien Hirst
That’s Life ! – Vanities from Caravaggio to Damien Hirst will present about 160 works : paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, jewelry, objects…
The concept of vanities or the transitory nature of life has served as inspiration for artists and artisans for millennia.
Almost all artistic movements from the Baroque to pop art, post-impressionism to surrealism have explored the theme in painting, sculpture, photographs, jewellery, engravings and objects.
Musee Maillol
61 rue de Grenelle Paris
Metro: Varenne or Assemblée Nationale. € 11 www.museemaillol.com
from the 1/ 1/ 2010 until the 31 / 12/ 2010 Grevin
Paris Wax Museum
If you want to see Madonna, Pablo Picasso, Spiderman, Louis Armstrong, Albert Einstein or Louis XIV, go along to the Grevin Wax Musem and say hello to their waxworks...
Spread out over 6 different halls: Hall of Mirrors, 20th-century photographs, the Histoire de France, the Theatre du Tout Paris, the Paris Grevin Magazine and the Collection Grevin are life-size waxworks of the stars of showbiz and people in the news, past and present.
The collection is updated regularly: Make it a family trip with the kids: they will enjoy spotting celebrities and being let into the secret of how the waxwork is made.
10, boulevard Montmartre 75009 Paris
Metro: Grand Boulevard 01 47 70 85 05 www.grevin.com
from the 1/ 1/ 2009 until the 31 / 12/ 2010 Orangerie Museum
A musuem in the Tuileries Garden
The Orangerie Museum in the Tuileries garden was chosen and planned by Claude Monet so as to house his master piece: the Nympheas.
The recent and complete restoration of the musuem allows the rediscovery of this incomparable masterpiece in the same conditions as imagined by Claude Monet. Moreover the museum also offers an exceptional panaroma of modern art with Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume's fantastic collection.
Musee de l'Orangerie
Jardin des Tuileries Paris
Open 9AM to 6PM
Closed on Tuesdays +33 1 44 77 80 07 www.musee-orangerie.fr |
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Paris Hotels
Hotel
Senat St Germain Paris.
3 star hotel located in St Germain des Pres near le Luxembourg Garden.
Hotel Etoile Trocadero Paris.
3 star hotel between The Trocadero square and The Champs Elysées and The Eiffel Tower.
Hotel Marignan Champs Elysees Paris.
4 star hotel in Paris located beetween the champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe.
Hotel Longchamp Elysees Paris.
3 star hotel located between the Champs Elysees and Eiffel Tower.
Hotel Ceramic Arc de Triomphe
3 star hotel with its famous ceramic facade near the Arc de Triomphe.
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