The 7th packs big museums into a short walk along the Seine, and two win kids over fast: knights in full armor and cannons at the Army Museum, and masks, totems and a dark winding ramp at the Quai Branly. Here's what we checked, from Les Invalides to the Quai Branly. Pair a visit with a run on the Champ de Mars.
The Musée de l'Armée fills the Hôtel des Invalides with French military history, from medieval suits of armor and samurai gear to the Napoleonic era and both world wars. Cannons line the main courtyard, and Napoleon's tomb sits under the golden Dôme. The Plans-Reliefs museum shows giant scale models of fortified towns.
Kids who like knights and battles get the most from it; the world war galleries suit older children.
Around 3,500 objects from Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas line one long circuit, set on either side of a central aisle shaped like a river. Themed nooks off the path focus on one region or kind of work, and displays rotate often. Outside, a garden by the Seine opens earlier and closes later than the museum. Suits kids who like hunting for faces in carved masks.
The 7th packs big museums into a short walk along the Seine, and two win kids over fast: knights in full armor and cannons at the Army Museum, and masks, totems and a dark winding ramp at the Quai Branly. Here's what we checked, from Les Invalides to the Quai Branly. Pair a visit with a run on the Champ de Mars.
The Musée de l'Armée fills the Hôtel des Invalides with French military history, from medieval suits of armor and samurai gear to the Napoleonic era and both world wars. Cannons line the main courtyard, and Napoleon's tomb sits under the golden Dôme. The Plans-Reliefs museum shows giant scale models of fortified towns.
Kids who like knights and battles get the most from it; the world war galleries suit older children.
Around 3,500 objects from Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas line one long circuit, set on either side of a central aisle shaped like a river. Themed nooks off the path focus on one region or kind of work, and displays rotate often. Outside, a garden by the Seine opens earlier and closes later than the museum. Suits kids who like hunting for faces in carved masks.
