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===Museums===
{{Main|List of museums in Paris}}
[[File:MuseeOrsay 20070324.jpg|thumb|[[Musée d'Orsay]]]]

The [[Louvre]] received 2,8 million visitors in 2021, up from 2.7 million in 2020,<ref name="ReferenceC">"Visitor Figures 2021", "The Art Newspaper", 5 January 2022.</ref> holding its position as first among the [[List of most-visited museums|most-visited museums]]. Its treasures include the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' (''La Joconde''), the ''[[Venus de Milo]]'' statue, and ''[[Liberty Leading the People]]''. The second-most visited museum in the city in 2021, with 1.5 million visitors, was the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]], also known as Beaubourg, which houses the {{lang|fr|[[Musée National d'Art Moderne]]|italic=no}} The third most visited Paris museum in 2021 was the [[National Museum of Natural History, France|National Museum of Natural History]] with 1,4 million visitors. It is famous for its dinosaur artefacts, mineral collections and its Gallery of Evolution. It was followed by the [[Musée d'Orsay]], featuring 19th century art and the [[French Impressionists]], which had one million visitors. Paris hosts one of the largest science museums in Europe, the [[Cité des sciences et de l'industrie]] (984,000 visitors in 2020) and one of the oldest, the [[Musée des Arts et Métiers]] (opened in 1794). The other most-visited Paris museums in 2021 were the [[Fondation Louis Vuitton]] (691,000), the [[Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac]], featuring the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. (616,000); the [[Musée Carnavalet]] (History of Paris) (606,000), and the {{Lang|fr|[[Petit Palais]]|italic=no}}, the art museum of the City of Paris (518,000).<ref>"Le Tourisme a Paris – Chiffres Cles -Edition 2021,"the Office of Tourism and Congresses of the City of Paris.(published 2022)</ref>
[[File:Musée du quai Branly.jpg|thumb|[[Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac|Musée du quai Branly]]]]

The [[Musée de l'Orangerie]], near both the Louvre and the Orsay, also exhibits Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, including most of [[Claude Monet]]'s large ''[[Water Lilies (Monet series)|Water Lilies]]'' murals. The [[Musée national du Moyen Âge]], or Cluny Museum, presents [[Medieval art]]. The [[Guimet Museum]], or ''Musée national des arts asiatiques'', has one of the largest collections of Asian art in Europe. There are also notable museums devoted to individual artists, including the [[Musée Picasso]], the [[Musée Rodin]] and the [[Musée national Eugène Delacroix]].

The military history of France is presented by displays at the [[Musée de l'Armée]] at [[Les Invalides]]. In addition to the national museums, run by the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture]], the City of Paris operates 14 museums, including the [[Carnavalet Museum]] on the history of Paris, [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]], [[Palais de Tokyo]], the [[Maison de Victor Hugo|House of Victor Hugo]], the [[Maison de Balzac|House of Balzac]] and the [[Catacombs of Paris]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paris.fr/musees |title=Municipal museums |publisher=Maire de Paris |access-date=23 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123165959/http://www.paris.fr/musees |archive-date=23 November 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> There are also notable private museums. The Contemporary Art museum of the [[Louis Vuitton Foundation]], designed by architect [[Frank Gehry]], opened in October 2014 in the [[Bois de Boulogne]].