Shut tight

 The small Montmartre Museum, like all museums in Paris, remains closed.

Musée de Montmartre

12 rue Cortot 75018

Day trip: La Piscine #2

Along with a small group of French journalists I recently had the unique experience of a behind-the-scenes exclusive look at the ongoing expansion work of La Piscine Museum, site of a former municipal swimming pool in an Art Deco building on the outskirts of Lille.

Above: artisans at work reminiscent of Caillebotte's Les Raboteurs at the Orsay Museum


Below: boxes of artworks yet to be unpacked; display bases for sculptures; 19th and 20th-century art fills back-room ateliers during construction works

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La Piscine Museum
23 rue de l'Espérance 59100 Roubaix
 Scheduled re-opening date: October 20, 2018


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Day trip: Lille

[The museum restaurant / café is managed by Méert of Lille, famous luxury chocolate and pastry makers] 

Day trip: La Piscine #1

A ten-minute train ride from the city of Lille (2 hours from Paris), La Piscine - an early 20th century municipal swimming pool transformed into an astonishing art exhibition space - expands and readies for re-opening this October.

La Piscine Museum
23 rue de l'Espérance 59100 Roubaix

Monday: behind-the-scenes

Pigeon roof

In the background dozens of pigeons have made a rooftop their roost.

Centre Georges-Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

Super Tuesdays

 

The Musée du Louvre is closed on Tuesdays, a good day to take photos without the hordes.

Antiquaires

Always something unusual at a small antique shop near the Delacroix Museum, from vintage toys to chandeliers, furniture, and heads once used to display fashionable hats.