Halle St-Pierre

Montmartre & Northern Paris


Founded in 1986, this museum and gallery is in a lovely former covered market. It focuses on the primitive and Art Brut schools; there is no permanent collection, but the museum stages several temporary exhibitions a year. It also has an auditorium, a cafe that's a lovely place to chill over a laptop and an excellent art bookshop.


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