Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet

I visited the Musée Guimet in Paris a few days ago and was truly impressed. The collection of Asian art is extensive and deeply atmospheric—many of the pieces felt like they carried a spiritual energy. I’m not usually superstitious, but there was something powerful and even a little eerie about the experience that stayed with me. The highlight at the end? The terrace on the top floor has an amazing view of the Eiffel Tower. Totally worth the visit—for both the art and the unexpected moments.

Very interesting and fun museum. It’s good to see how different can bouddha be according to different country. My special favorite would be the flower vase on the 3rd floor. Truly captivating! Staff were also super nice and helpful at the gift shop. I asked for a pair of earrings and she carefully pack the gift bag for me.

The museum itself was brilliant, my kids really enjoyed it. What takes it down a bit, was the rooftop cafe. €17 for a cup of instant noodles, is a ripoff. €121 for four people, food and drinks.

The Guimet Museum is the largest museum in France and even in Europe for Asian arts. The building itself is outstanding with red facade and rock cut like caves filled with sculptures of mythical creatures. The collections of the museum were fascinating. They were from China, India, countries from Southeast Asia and some rarely seen Buddha statues and large sculptures from Cambodia. The curations for some important collections were in both French and English. In some artifacts from China, Chinese were displayed as well. When we visited, it happened to have two special exhibitions from China, one was for gold ware and jewelry from Ming Dynasty and another was exhibition for Tang dynasty. The both were amazing. We spent nearly five hours in the museum and felt not enough. Will highly recommend. The entrance is free if you have a museum pass. Even without, the price is reasonable. Well worth it.

Musée Guimet is a treasure chest of civilizational memory and as I come from the very soil where those deities were once sculpted, worshipped, and philosophized over, it felt more than just awe. I've seen Vishnu not as a concept but as carved permanence. I stood before Bodhisattvas whose eyes seem to have watched over centuries of seekers. What I experienced isn’t just art, it’s an ancestral pulse. Terracotta figures from the Indus Valley, the tantric grace of Cham sculptures, gilded Tibetan mandalas, Chola bronzes radiating devotion. It's the cosmos of my land, mirrored and preserved across oceans and empires.

We were at museum YSL and came to this museum spontaneously. It was best way to spent the day. I think, I’ll back not one time. A bunch of unique collections of Asian traditional art, like sculptures, paintings and etc. Recommend!

Good museum for a couple of hours to stroll around and learn about Asian art from older times. Many Asian countries are represented. There is also a Korean restaurant in the basement, and toilets.

Asian art and culture in one building! The Guimet museum is a must visit place if you are interested in Asian arts. I enjoyed going through their collections which is a lot. Free entrance every 1st Sunday of the month.