Institut du Monde Arabe
1 rue des Fossés-St-Bernard Place Mohammed Paris 75005 Métro: Cardinal Lemoine
A museum of Arab and Islamic arts, in a building designed by architect Jean Nouvel, with a permanent collection that extends from early archaeological artifacts to the 20th century. Regular temporary exhibits too. Closed Mon.Lancel
127 ave des Champs Elysées Paris 75008
The flagship store for the venerable French leather goods company known for its luggage and handbags, including a great-looking line named for French actress Isabelle Adjani.Hermès
17 rue de Sèvres Paris 6th Métro:Sèvres-Babylone
The brand's first concept store is housed in a renovated Art Deco swimming pool on the Left Bank. Home decor occupies one-third of the space, including new ventures into wallpaper, furnishing fabrics and silk carpets. There's also a bookshop and tea salon.Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Jardin des Plantes, 36 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Paris 75005 Métro: Censier-Daubenton.
A natural history museum first established in the 18th century, famed for its dinosaur hall and its Grande Galerie de l’Evolution, a Noah’s Ark display of thousands of animal species. Closed Tues.Jamin Puech
61 rue d’Hauteville Paris 10th
Handbag designers Benoît Jamin and Isabelle Puech opened their first boutique in 1996 after designing bags for Chanel, Balmain and Karl Lagerfeld, and their bags quickly became hallmarks for the fashion set. The fanciful limited-edition bags are handmade in leather, raffia or embroidered fabric, with decoration in all-natural materials—wood, seeds, horn, bone, shells and beads. Several shops in Paris (check our listings) including this inventory boutique for bargain-hunters.
La Chaise Longue
20 rue des Francs-Bourgeois Paris 75003
A chain of shops carrying an eclectic mix of humorous home deco items, quirky tablewear, toys, gadgets and gifts, with six other locations in Paris and others scattered throughout France.Agnès b.
2-4, 6, & 19 rue du Jour, 1st 6 & 10-12 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th 13 rue de Marseille, 10th
A quintessential Parisian fashion brand for men, women and children, including accessories and leather goods.Musée Zadkine
100 bis rue d'Assas Paris 6th Métro: Vavin, Notre Dame des Champs
The charming garden home and studio of Russian-born sculptor Ossip Zadkine, hidden behind a wall near the Luxembourg Garden. The sculptor lived here from 1928 to his death in 1967 and his work is displayed in the studio and garden. Closed Mon.Galerie Hopkins-Custot
2 ave Matignon Paris 75008 Métro: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stéphane Custot and Waring Hopkins specialize in 19th- and 20th-century paintings, drawings and sculpture, including Impressionists and Nabis—Monet, Pisssarro, Sisley, Bonnard, Denis—and such modern and contemporary artists as Picasso, Matisse, Calder Magritte, Warhol and Hockney.Yves Gastou
12 rue Bonaparte, Paris 75006 Métro: St. Germain des Prés
20th-century furniture and decorative arts from the 1940s to the 1970s in a gallery designed by Ettore Sottsass, with works by Sottsass, Arad, André Arbus, Jacques Adnet, Pierre Cardin, Joe Colombo, Gabriella Crespi and Michel Boyer.Har Design
75 quai de la Gare Paris 75013 Métro: Quai de la Gare
Contemporary furniture, light fixtures and decorative objects.Philippe Le Libraire
32 rue des Vinaigriers Paris 75010
A tiny, cozy bookshop packed floor-to-ceiling with comics, mangas, illustrated novels, books by independent publishers and hard-to-find music CDs.