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Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
11, av du Président Wilson, Paris  75116 • 01 53 67 40 00
Description:
16ème ARRONDISSEMENT. This museum housed in an imposing 1930s building carries the municipal collection of avant-garde art from the 20th century to the present, including works by Picasso, Léger, Delaunay and Modigliani, with a focus on painters working in Paris in the early 20th century, on the rise of abstraction and on European contemporary art. Also on-hand is Raoul Dufy's large-scale tribute to electricity, "La Fée Electricité" ("Fairy of Electricity"). There are often excellent temporary exhibits. METRO: léna or Alma-Marceau

Hours:
Tue-Sun 10am-6pm

Admission:
Museum Free
temporary exhibits €3.50 - €9; Child (0-12) Free; Child (12-25) €2.50 - €7