On the occasion of the 250^th anniversary of the death of François Boucher (1703-1770), the painter associated with French King Louis XV, the exhibition ‘Empire of the Senses’ continues at the museum where the theme of Love in its most audacious form compares the erotic art of Boucher and his contemporaries such as Watteau, Greuze and Fragonard. Around 100 paintings, drawings and engravings drawn from international public and private collections are reunited in the museum by the curators from 19^th May until 18^th July 2021. These illustrate the preoccupation of European philosophers, theater directors, writers and artists with passionate love and carnal desires in the XVIII century.

Museum Cognacq-Jay is to be found at 8, rue Elzévir, 75003 Paris. It is open from Tuesday to Sundays from 10h to 18h, Fridays until 21h. Prebooking is advisable due to reduced capacity because of social distancing restrictions, entrance is free.
Telephone:+33140270721    
Information, reservations : reservation.cognacqjay@paris.fr  

Franco-Greek artist, Yannis Kokkos born in 1944, assembled visual and material proof of his prolific work as a director staging theater and lyrical productions involving actors, singers, props and scenery. The show ‘Scènes of Yannis Kokkos’, illustrates the relationship between these different activities with over 100 costumes displayed coming from sources such as the Comédie Française, Opera Scala in Milan, Hamburg Ballet and many others. Numerous sketches of costumes and scale models of stage design, together with photographs and audio-visual records from the artist’s archives are found here. The exhibition opens on 20^th May until 7^th November 2021.

Centre National du Costume de Scène is to be found at Quartier Villars, Route de Montilly, 03000 Moulins.
Telephone:+33470207620 for further information regarding booking of tickets and accueil@cncs.fr
Reservations are necessary due to strict rules regarding the number of visitors and social distancing, a visit will take one and a half hours at least. In addition to  temporary shows,  archives and documentation on Rudolf Nureev are also housed here.
 

The restored Musée Histoire de Paris Carnavalet is due to open on Saturday 29^th May 2021 after almost five years of stop and go restoration due to the pandemic.
Please refer to Planned reopening of Carnavalet Museum for details, only the main entrance has changed as noted below.
On 16^th June until 31^st October, the first temporary exhibition after the reopening  ‘Henri Cartier-Bresson – Revoir Paris’ associating the museum with the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation will display photos taken by the photographer in Paris.

Musée Carnavalet’s entrance is situated at 23, rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris.
Métro St. Paul or Chemin Vert.
It is open every day except for public holidays from 10-18h. The ticket office closes at 17h.
Telephone:+33144595858    
Reservations imperative at www.carnavalet.paris.fr to ensure a place because of social distancing. Masks have still to be worn. Various ticket prices are available.
 

Porte Dorée

Please refer to the following article  dated 13th March (National Museum of the History of Immigration Paris : Ce qui s'oublie et Ce qui reste at Porte Dorée) for more details of the show which was temporarily closed but now will open again.The museum will open on 19th May and the show continues until 29th August 2021. Just follow the details of the opening times in the above article.

Museum Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac

You may also refer to the following article for some more details about the museum (Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum acquires innovative gallery for African and Oceanic Art) .
The temporary exhibition ‘Ex Africa’ curated by Philippe Dagan about the close relationship between contemporary artists inspired by traditional African arts will run until 11^th July.

Reopening of the Museum is on Wednesday May 19th, 2021

Musée du Quai Branly
The entrances are at 37 Quai Branly, 206 and 218 rue des l'Université, 75007 Paris
Métro Line 9, Alma Marceau and RER, Pont d'Alma
Ticket reservations are imperative at billetterie@quaibranly.fr
Telephone
Open from 9.30 to 18.00  - museum is open to the public Tuesdays to Sundays from 10.30 - 17.00
Masks are still required to be worn by everybody over 11 years of age.

Musée de la Vie Romantique

From 19th May until 12th September 2021, the exhibition ‘Tempêtes et Naufrages, de Vernet à Courbet’ will run at the museum, situated in Hotel Scheffer-Renan, 16 Rue Chaptal, 75009 Paris.
Open Tuesday – Sunday 10h – 18h.
Telephone  
and https://www.museevieromantique.paris.fr for latest information.
Métro : line 12 Saint George, Pigalle Line 2 or 12, Blanche Line 2.
Curated by Gaëlle Rio, ‘Storms and Shipwrecks’ features 60 paintings, etchings and drawings representing storms – the spectacle of storms on high seas, at the core of romanticism – the ship wreck before the calm returning after the storm.

Institut du Monde Arabe

The Institute opens with the temporary exhibition ‘Divas – From Oum Kalthoum to Dalida’ until 26^th September 2021.
Situated at 1, Rue des Fossés Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris.
Further information at Telephone  https://www.imarabe.org
pre-booking required in order to comply with public health guide-lines.
The museum is open from Tuesday until Friday from 13 – 18h, weekends from 13 – 19h.

Maison de Victor Hugo at 6, Place des Vosges, 75004 will resume the exhibition ‘Victor Hugo, Dessins’ on10^th June, but the permanent collections will be open to visitors from 19^th May onwards at the usual times. Look at the article for the opening times : Reopening of Victor Hugo Museum in Paris.

CITECO  (Cité de l’Economie)  opens the temporary exhibition from 29^th May until 31 December ‘Largo Winch, Economic adventurer’ celebrating 30 years of the great comic book classic, Largo Winch written by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by Philippe Franck (edition Dupuis).
1, Place du Général-Catroux, 75017 Paris open from Tuesday – Sunday 10-18h.
Telephone   https://www.citeco.fr
Métro : line 2, Monceau-Villiers, line 20 Malesherbes-Courcelles