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Must-see musées
Your Eurostar ticket takes you so much further than your destination. Once you get there, you can stroll aside water-lillied lakes, drop in on Whistler’s mother, see how humanity evolved and explore all four corners of the ancient world.
That’s because your Eurostar ticket gets you 2 for 1 entry to permanent collections and paid-for exhibitions at the iconic museums and galleries in Paris, Brussels, Lille, Lyon and Marseille listed below. Just show your ticket at the box office – it’s as simple as that.
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PARIS MUSEUM OFFERS
Musée d'Orsay
Housed in the former Gare d'Orsay railway station, this stunning museum on the banks of the Seine is a work of art in itself. The museum is famed for its collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces from the likes of Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh.
Métro: Solferino;
RER C Musée d'Orsay
Address: 62, rue de Lille – 75007 Paris
Musée de l’Orangerie
A jewel in the heart of Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries, The Musée de l’Orangerie is home to Claude Monet’s iconic Water Lilies and masterpieces by Renoir, Cézanne, Modigliani, Matisse, Picasso and more.
Métro: Concorde
Address: Jardin de Tuileries 75001 Paris
Grand Palais
Revel in retrospectives, groundbreaking creative projects and more. Since it opened, the Grand Palais - Galeries Nationales, have hosted nearly 250 major exhibitions, in collaboration with the biggest museums across the world.
Métro: Champs Élysées-Clemenceau
Address: 3, avenue du Général-Eisenhower - 75008 Paris
Jeu de Paume
The Jeu de Paume is famed for embracing all types and periods of the visual arts. Here you'll find photography, cinema and video from the likes of Edward Steichen, Cindy Sherman, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Moulène and Diane Arbus.
Métro: Concorde
Address: 1, place de la Concorde - 75008 Paris
Musée du quai Branly
Bringing art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas the recognition they deserve, this impressive Jean Nouvel designed museum boasts a living green wall housing a collection of some 3,500 works.
Métro: Alma-Marceau, Iéna;
RER C Pont-de-l'Alma
Address: 37, quai Branly - 75007 Paris
BRUSSELS MUSEUM OFFERS
Bozar
The Bozar Centre for Fine Arts sits at the heart of Brussels culture. It hosts some 250 concerts a year, as well as international film, theatre, dance, literature, architecture and art events.
Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc
Address: Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels
Royal Museums of Fine Arts
This comprises three of Brussels' most famous museums.
Here at the main branch of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts you’ll find the Museum of Ancient Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Magritte museum.
Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc
Address: rue de la Régence 3, 1000 Bruxelles
Magritte Museum
Displaying the finest works of the surrealist artist.
Here you'll see oils on canvas, gouaches, drawings and sculptures, as well as vintage photographs and films produced by the great man himself.
Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc
Address: Place Royale 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
LILLE MUSEUM OFFERS
Le Palais des Beaux-Arts
France's second most celebrated museum.
Le Palais des Beaux-Arts of Lille houses a vast collection of antiquities, medieval and Renaissance collections, selections of European painting and French sculpture, decorative objets d'art and much more.
Métro: Ligne 1, République - Beaux Arts
Address: Place de la République, 59000 Lille
LaM
Also known as Lille Métropole Musée d'art Moderne, d'Art Contemporain et d'Art Brut.
Through around 4,800 pieces and three collections, you'll find works from artists including Picasso, Modigliani, Miró and more.
Métro: Pont de Bois then bus 41, stop LaM
Address: 1, allée du Musée - 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
Le Fresnoy
Studio National des Arts Contemporains - Renovated by the French-American architect Bernard Tschumi .
Le Fresnoy exhibits contemporary art from the likes of Bill Viola, Michael Snow, Scanner, Charles Sandison and Claudio Parmiggiani, as well as films and more.
Métro: Ligne 2, Alsace
Address: 22 Rue du Fresnoy, 59200 Tourcoing
MUba Eugène Leroy
Combining both the modern and classic. MUba has always been experimental, establishing a dialogue between contemporary art and the art of times past.
Métro: Ligne 2, Tourcoing centre
Address: Rue Paul Doumer, 59200 Tourcoing
