Museums in Île de France

Musée d'histoire de France
78000 Versailles

The Musée de l'Histoire de France, installed at the Palace of Versailles in 1837 under Louis-Philippe I, celebrates national glories through preserved paintings, sculptures and historic places.

Musée du train
95430 Butry-sur-Oise

The Musée des trammes à vapor et des chemins de fer secondaires français, located in Butry-sur-Oise, Île-de-France, was a railway museum dedicated to departmental railways, now closed and relocated to Crèvecoeur-le-Grand (Oise).

Écomusée
94260 Fresnes

The Écomusée du Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre, located in Fresnes, Île-de-France, is an ethnological museum dedicated to everyday life in the Paris suburbs, mixing objects, oral memoirs and contemporary thematic exhibitions.

94350 Villiers-sur-Marne

The Musée Émile Jean, housed in a 19th-century building in Villiers-sur-Marne, Île-de-France, traces local history through military collections and visual archives. Currently closed for renovation.

Musée de la Révolution et de la Chouannerie
93100 Montreuil

The Musée de l'Histoire vivant de Montreuil, located in Parc Montreau, traces the social movements, colonization and industrial heritage of the Paris suburbs since the French Revolution.

Musée du cheval et des véhicules hippomobiles
78000 Versailles

The Galerie des Carrosses, located in Versailles in the Yvelines, is a 19th-century museum of history and transport in the Grande Écurie. She exhibited royal and imperial carriages, witnesses to the monarchy's fascist and technical advances of the time.

Musée des Artistes peintres célèbres
93460 Gournay-sur-Marne

The Eugène Carrière museum in Gournay-sur-Marne, Île-de-France, is a place dedicated to the artist, located in this Val-de-Marnaise commune. No specific period is indicated.

Musée de la photographie et du cinéma
95630 Mériel

The Jean Gabin Museum in Mériel is a space dedicated to the iconic actor, located in Val-d'Oise in Île-de-France. This cultural place celebrates its artistic heritage in the region.