Musée Guimet des Arts Asiatiques

Save
  • Address
    6 place d'Iéna, 16e
  • Show map Close map
  • Phone
    01 56 52 53 00
  • Website
  • Transport
    underground rail: Iéna
  • Wed-Mon 10:00 - 18:00

Let us know if these details are incorrect

Lonely Planet review

The Guimet Museum of Asiatic Arts is France's foremost repository for Asian art and has sculptures, paintings, objets d'art and religious articles from Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Cambodia, China, Japan and Korea. Besides its impressive permanent collection, the Museum stages temporary exhibitions and runs educational courses for the public.

The core of the collection - Buddhist paintings and sculptures brought to Paris in 1876 by collector Émile Guimet - is housed in the annexe called the Galeries du Panthéon Bouddhique du Japon et de la Chine (Buddhist Pantheon Galleries of Japan & China; 19 av d'Iéna; metro Iéna), in the scrumptious Hôtel Heidelbach a short distance to the north. Don't miss the wonderful Japanese garden here, open on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.