Perrin Antiquaires
98 rue du Fbg St-Honoré Paris 75008 Métro: Champs-Elysées–Clemenceau
Founder Jacques Perrin and his son Philippe specialize in exceptional late 17th- to early 19th-century French furniture, painting, sculpture and decorative objects, displayed in a beautiful three-story mansion on the Place Beauvau.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.Musée de la Monnaie
11 quai de Conti Paris 75006 Métro: Pont Neuf/Odéon.
The museum of the French national mint, with coins, medals, jewelry and sculptures.Musée de la Vie Romantique
16 rue Chaptal Paris 9th Métro: Blanche, Saint-Georges, Pigalle
The small 19th-century home and garden of Romantic painter Ary Scheffer, with the artist’s paintings and charming mementos of his neighbors, the novelist George Sand and Chopin. Closed Mon.Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
7 rue Debelleyme, Paris 75003 Métro: Filles-du-Calvaire
A chic contemporary art gallery run by the noted Austrian dealer Ropac, located in a Marais courtyard. Among the artists he reagularly shows are Mimmo Paladino, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Tom Sachs and Gilbert & George.Musée Delacroix
6 rue de Furstenberg Paris 75006 Métro: St-Germain-des-Prés
A tiny museum in Eugène Delacroix’s former home and studio, with a small collection of the artist’s paintings, drawings and memorabilia. Closed Tues.Le Bonbon au Palais
19 rue Monge Paris 5th Métro: Cardinal Lemoine
Rainbow-hued candies, some 200 varieties from all over France, glisten like gemstones in apothecary jars in this dream of a boutique. Other Gallic treasures include light, fluffy guimauve, the square-cut French version of marshmallow; alcohol-filled chocolates covered in marzipan; lollipops in such flavors as blueberry, pineapple, quince and black cherry; and candied flower petals and herbs, including whole roses, violets, vervain, mint and lilac.La Maison du Cerf Volant
7 rue de Prague Paris 75012
Kites in every form and color, from butterflies and birds of paradise to octopi with long trailing tentacle tails.Jeu de Paume
1 pl de la Concorde Paris 75008 Métro: Concorde
A small museum in the Tuileries Gardens now devoted to temporary photography exhibits. Closed Monday.Bibliothèque Nationale
5 rue de Vivienne Paris 75002, Métro: Bourse and 11 quai François-Mauriac, 75013 Paris, Métro: Quai de la Gare
The French national library, offering regular temporary art and history exhibits, now divided between the 19th-century Richelieu site and the new glass towers of the Mitterrand site. Both locations closed Sun am and Mon.Mariage Frères
30 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, 4th; 13 rue des Grands-Augustins, 6th
Purveyors of fine teas for more than 150 years, offering some 500 different teas along with teapots, tableware and accessories, in their elegant, colonial-style tea salon/shops.Musée Carnavalet
16 rue des Francs-Bourgeois Paris 3rd Métro Saint Paul or Chemin Vert
The city’s fascinating museum of Paris history, installed in two adjoining 16th- and 17th-century mansions in the Marais district, one of them the former home of Madame de Sévigné. Closed Mon.