Galerie Ratton-Ladrière
11 quai Voltaire Paris 75007 Métro: Rue du Bac
Along with museum-quality medieval, Renaissance and Baroque painting, drawings and sculpture, this Left Bank gallery carries archaeological objects and primitive arts.Jugetsudo By Maruyama Nori
95 rue de Seine Paris 75006
A small Japanese tea salon and boutique beautifully designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and run by the 150-year-old Tokyo firm Maruyama Nori, with a long counter for sipping tea with pastries, a selection of teas, traditional teapots and porcelain cups, and bamboo everywhere. Saturday tea ceremonies downstairs.Musée Rodin
19 boulevard des Invalides Paris 75007 Métro: Varenne.
Displayed in a former private mansion, its gardens and chapel, a major collection of sculpture, sketches, engravings and paintings by Auguste Rodin, along with works by his student Camille Claudel and paintings and sculpture from the artist’s own eclectic collection. Closed Mon.Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc et Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris & Musée Jean Moulin
Jardin Atlantique 23 allée de la 2e DB (above the Gare Montparnasse) Paris 15th Métro: Montparnasse Bienvenüe
Two museums devoted to World War II and the French Resistance: one following the exploits of the Free French commander General Leclerc and the Liberation of Paris; the other recounting the story of Resistance hero Jean Moulin. Films, slides and documentary material. Closed Mon.Gabrielle Laroche
12 rue de Beaune Paris 75007 also at 25 rue de Lille Paris 75007 Métro: Rue du Bac
Paintings, sculpture and woodcuts from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and 17th century.Repetto
22 rue de la Paix Paris 75002
A dancewear line created in 1947 by Rose Repetto, mother of French dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, now branched out into children’s clothing and women’s street shoes, including the famous ballerina flats originally designed for Brigitte Bardot.Meert
16 rue Elzévir 75003 Paris Métro Saint-Paul
The most beautiful confiserie-pâtisserie in Paris, and the first Paris offshoot of the exquisite Meert pâtisserie and tea salon in Lille, founded in 1761. Meert’s fame centers on its unique version of the gaufre, a delicate waffle native to the old region of Flanders, treasured for its sublime cream center perfumed with Madagascar vanilla. The boutique also carries chocolates and jams and, on Saturdays only, delicious pastries.Marie-Anne Cantin
12 rue du Champ de Mars Paris 75007
Madame Cantin supplies many restaurants from her lovely fromagerie near the Eiffel Tower, where cheeses are aged in several caves below the shop. Try the creamy Roquefort.Galerie De Jonckheere
100 rue du Faubourg St-Honoré Paris 75008 Métro: Miromesnil
Georges and François De Jonckheere are the top specialists in museum-quality 16th-and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings. The gallery also handles 18th-century Italian vedutisti.Musée de l’Opéra
Palais Garnier Entrance: corner of rue Scribe and Rue Auber Paris 9th Métro: Opéra
Temporary exhibits relating to opera and ballet productions, along with a permanent collection of paintings, scores, and scale models of sets housed in the Opera library. Entrance fee is included with the visit to the Opera house itself, open daily for visits from 10 am to 5 pm; to 1 pm on days when a matinée performance is scheduled. The excellent bookshop and boutique are open daily from 10 am to 6:30 pm (to 5 pm on Sundays).
RATP / Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens
Métro station Chatelet-Les-Halles (in the RER transfer hall, 1st)
The boutique of the RATP, which runs the Paris Métro and bus lines, with moderately-priced, really fun gifts and souvenirs including tableware, toys, Métro-ticket bath towels and umbrellas printed with the Métro map.Musée de la Publicité
107 rue de Rivoli Paris 75001 Métro: Palais Royal.
A museum of advertising and poster art, part of the semi-private Les Arts Décoratifs museum group. Closed Mon.