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WPMuseumsFINAL.qxd 12/12/06 12:01 Page 17 MUSEUMS noon-9:30 pm, Wed-Fri noon-7 pm, Sat-Sun 10 am-7 pm. 1 pl de la Concorde (8th), 01.47.03.12.52. www.jeudepaume.org. Mo Concorde D3 MAISON DE BALZACThe garden house in which Honor de Balzac lived from 1840-47. Tue-Sun 10 am-6 pm. 47 rue Raynouard (16th), 01.55.74.41.80. Mo Passy/La Muette B4 MAISON EUROPEENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIEFrance's national photography museum. Through Feb 25: Regarder Vu, magazine photographique 1928-1940, photos from the archives of the celebrated illustrated magazine Vu. Jan 10-Mar 4: Vicente de Mello Photographies 19952006, recent works by the Brazilian photographer; Martial Cherrier, Fly or Die, self-portraits with butterfly wings by the French bodybuilder photographer. WedSun 11 am-8 pm. 5-7 rue de Fourcy (4th), 01.44.78.75.01. www.mep-fr.org. Mo St-Paul F4 MAISON ROUGE--FONDATION ANTOINE DE GALBERTA private museum for contemporary art exhibits. Through Jan 14: Busy Going Crazy, art photographie de Dada aujourd'hui, the Sylvio Perlstein collection of paintings and photos from the 1916-1924 Dada period to today, including works by Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Salvador Dal, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Doisneau. Wed-Sun 11 am7 pm, Thu until 9 pm. 10 blvd de la Bastille (12th), 01.40.01.08.81. www.lamaisonrouge.org. Mo Bastille G5 MAISON DE VICTOR HUGOThe 1832-48 home of the author, with paintings, mementos and furnishings including a wonderful "Chinese" salon. Through Mar 4: Juliette Drouet 1806-2006, for the bicentenary of Hugo's great love, an exhibit of letters (they exchanged some 20,000), paintings and memorabilia, including works by Courbet, Corot and Manet. Tue-Sun 10 am-6 pm. 6 pl des Vosges (4th), 01.42.72.10.16. Mo St-Paul G4 MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARISThe city's modern art museum offers a permanent collection covering the entire 20th century, from Fauves and Cubists through Boltanski and Buren. Through Jan 7: Karen Kilimnik, paintings and drawings by the contemporary American artist. Through Feb 11: Rouault, Matisse, correspondances, documenting parallels between the two artists and close friends. Tue-Sun 10 am-6 pm. 11 ave du Prsident Wilson (16th), 01.53.67.40.00. www.mam.paris.fr. Mo Alma-Marceau/Trocadro C3 MUSEE DES ARTS DECORATIFSJust reopened after a ten-year renovation, a semi-private museum with a fabulous collection of decorative arts--furniture, housewares, ceramics and porcelain, paintings and objets d'art, dating from the late Middle Ages to 21stcentury design, including a dozen sumptuously furnished period rooms. Through Jan 21: Editer le design, documenting the production of design objects, from prototypes to public sale. Tue-Fri 11 am-6 pm, Sat-Sun 10 am-6 pm, Thu until 9 pm. 107 rue de Rivoli (1st), 01.44.55.57.50. www.ucad.fr. Mo Palais Royal E4 MUSEE DES ARTS ET METIERSA marvelous display of some 3,000 scientific and technological discoveries and inventions through the centuries, including Pascal's 1642 calculator and Foucault's 1855 pendulum. Very pleasant caf-restaurant. Tue-Sun 10 am-6 pm, Thu 10 am9:30 pm. 60 rue Raumur (3rd), 01.53.01.82.00. www.arts-et-metiers.net. Mo Arts et Mtiers F3 MUSEE CARNAVALETA wonderful museum of Paris history, with more than 100 rooms in two adjoining 16thand 17th-century private mansions in the Marais district, one of which was once the home of Madame de Svign. Tue-Sun 10 am-5:40 pm. 23 rue de Svign (3rd), 01.44.59.58.58. www.paris.fr. Mo St-Paul F4 MUSEE CERNUSCHIA superb collection of Asian art in a former private mansion built around a colossal bronze statue of a seated Buddha. Tue-Sun 10 am-6 pm. 7 ave Vlasquez (8th), 01.53.96.21.50. Mo Monceau D2 RA`ANAN LEVY MEMORIAL DE LA SHOAHA memorial dedicated to the history of European Jews and the Holocaust including a monumental entrance wall engraved with the names of 76,000 deportees from France. Sun-Fri 10 am-6 pm, Thu 10 pm. 17 rue Geoffroy l'Asnier (4th), 01.42.77.44.72. www.memorialdelashoah.org. Mo St-Paul F4 MUSEE DE L'AIR ET DE L'ESPACEFrance's national air and space museum, documenting aviation history from hotair balloons to space travel, with a new section devoted to legendary pilot and author of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupry. Through Feb 28: Verdun et la Somme, 1916, Le Ciel en guerre, photos, arms, uniforms, model planes and memorabilia documenting the tragic 1916 air war over Verdun and the Somme. Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. Aroport de Paris-Le Bourget, 93352 Le Bourget, 01.49.92.71.99. www.mae.org. Take RER B suburban train to Gare Le Bourget, then bus 152. MUSEE ALBERT KAHNThe home and gardens of a 19thcentury philanthropist who hired pioneer photographers to document life around the world. The permanent collection includes 72,000 glass-plate autochromes. Through Mar 16, 2008: Les Couleurs du Maghreb, views of Morocco and Tunisia in the early 20th century. TueSun 11 am-7 pm. 14 rue du Port, Boulogne-Billancourt. 01.55.19.28.00. Mo Boulogne-Pont de St-Cloud MUSEE DE l'ARMEEFrance's military museum, whose excellent exhibits range from new galleries of medieval and Renaissance armor to WWII and Charles de Gaulle. Daily 10 am-5 pm. Htel National des Invalides, 129 rue de Grenelle (7th), 01.44.42.37.72. www.invalides.org. Mo Invalides D4 MUSEE D'ART ET D'HISTOIRE DU JUDAISMEA beautiful museum of Jewish art and history in a 17th-century mansion. Mon-Fri 11 am-6 pm, Sun 10 am-6 pm. Htel de St-Aignan, 71 rue du Temple (3rd), 01.53.01.86.53. www.mahj.org. Mo Htel de Ville F4 16 novembre 2006 29 janvier 2007 Muse Maillol 61, rue de Grenelle - Paris VII Ouvert tous les jours sauf mardi et jours fris de 11 18 heures Tl. : 01 42 22 59 58 - Mtro : Rue du Bac www.museemaillol.com CRANE KALMAN GALLERY Ltd, LONDON Drawings and posters of Tintin and other comic heroes by Herg at the Centre Georges Pompidou (p 16) JANUARY 2007 / where 17