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The austere but imposing Palais de Chaillot with its two curving wings stands on high ground above the Seine. It was built in 1937 (architects Jacques Carlu, Louis-Auguste Boileau and Léon Azème) on the site of the old Palais du Trocadéro. The broad main terrace linking the two wings, flanked on both sides by gleaming bronze statues, offers a spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower on the other side of the Seine. This was the entrance to the 1937 Exhibition.

The extensive wings of the Palais house four museums. In the west wing are the Musée de l'Homme and Musée de la Marine, in the east wing the Musée des Monuments Français and the Musée du Cinéma.
Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections;  Architecture - Modern;  Nautical museum or attraction
Attractions within Palais de Chaillot

Cinematheque Francaise

In 1936 Henri Langlois founded the Cinémathèque Française (entrance in Avenue Albert-de-Mun), which has daily shows of three or four noted films of the past selected from its extensive holdings.

Maritime Museum

The Musée de la Marine in Paris documents the history of the French navy and merchant navy from the galley to the nuclear submarine. Its 13 rooms of pictures and models of ships and port
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Muse Clemenceau

The museum is located in the apartment where the writer George Clemenceau lived from 1895 to 1929. His view included a garden and the Eiffel Tower. Displays include memorabilia and documents such as portraits, books, newspapers and manuscripts.

Musee des Materiaux du C.R.M.H. / Centre de Recherche sur les Monuments Historiques

This museum displays building materials which have been used in the creation of historical monuments. Included are scale models of frameworks and buildings.

Museum of French Monuments

The Musée des Monuments Français (Museum of French Monuments) in Paris, founded in 1880 on the initiative of Viollet-le-Duc, the great restorer of historical monuments, displays reproductions and
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Musee des Monuments Francais - Early Romanesque and Gothic Period

Notable items in the sculpture collection, in chronological order, are Early Romanesque sarcophagi (sixth-seventh C.), the earliest grave-slab with relief decoration (11th C.; Room 1), Romanesque
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Musee des Monuments Francais - Neo-classical period

The early neo-classical period of the 19th century is represented, among other works, by the "Marseillaise" carving from the Arc de Triomphe (Room 28).

Musee des Monuments Francais - Paintings and Arts

On the ground floor are works of the Early Romanesque period (c. 800-1000) and crypt paintings from Auxerre (life of St Stephen, c. 850). On the first floor is Romanesque art of c. 1000-1200,
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Musee des Monuments Francais - Renaissance and Roccoco Period

The Renaissance (16th-17th century) is represented by works by Jean Goujon (1510-68), Ligier Richier (1500-66) and Germain Pilon (1536-90; Rooms 22-24); the French classical period (Baroque, 17th-1
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Museum of Man

The Musée de l'Homme (Museum of Man) in Paris devotes a third of its area of 10,000sq.m/108,000sq.ft to its prehistoric and ethnographic collections; the rest of the area is occupied by rooms for
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Museum of the Cinema

The Museum of the Cinema in Paris covers the development of film from the first "pantinoscope" and the work of the Lumière brothers to the cult films of the present day. It was created by Henri
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Theatre National de Chaillot

Below the terrace of the Paris' Palais de Chaillot, at the foot of which during the summer months youthful roller-skaters and skateboarders display their skill, is the Théâtre National de Chaillot,
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Address
Palais de Chaillot
17 place du Trocadéro
F-75016 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:459:459:459:459:459:459:45
Closed17:1517:1517:1517:1517:1517:1517:15
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Ascension Thursday - Christian
Pentecost Monday (Whit Monday) - Christian
Bastille Day - France (July 14)
Assumption Day - Christian (August 15)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips
The Museum of the Human Being, the Naval Museum and the French Monument Museum each have a separate admission rate. The French Monument Museum has a less expensive entrance cost. The opening hours listed are those for the Museum of Human Being. The hours of the other two museums vary slightly.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Transit
Metro: Trocadéro; Buses: 22, 30, 32, 63, 82.
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