Petit Palais
Historic site, exhibition hall in Paris, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Petit Palais (French: [pəti palɛ]; English: Small Palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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| Established | Universal Exposition of 1900 |
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| Location | Avenue Winston-Churchill, 75008 Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′58″N 2°18′52″E |
| Type | Historic site, exhibition hall |
| Visitors | 1,200,000 (2018)[1] |
| Architect | Charles Girault |
| Public transit access | Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau Franklin D. Roosevelt     |
| Website | http://petitpalais.paris.fr/en |
Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris). The Petit Palais is located across from the Grand Palais on the former Avenue Nicolas II, today Avenue Winston-Churchill.[2][3] The other façades of the building face the Seine and Avenue des Champs-Élysées.[3]
The Petit Palais is one of fourteen museums of the City of Paris that have been incorporated since 1 January 2013 in the public corporation Paris Musées. It has been listed since 1975 as a monument historique by the Ministry of Culture.[4]