An Unforgettable Experience Awaits
Home to some of the best galleries in the world, Paris charms, delights and inspires school art students and is a classic trip destination for a reason!
Complement your art school trip to Paris with a stay in Normandy
Extend your school trip to France with a relaxing stay at the Château du Molay in Normandy.
Owned and run by Travelbound, this 18th-century chateau has everything you need to relax after a long day of sightseeing.
Students can let their energy loose across 38 acres of parkland, or take part in a range of organised activities.
Our experienced château staff are there to keep an eye on things while you take time off from being party leader.
Trip Highlights
Visit the Musée du Louvre, largest museum in the world
See the Impressionist works at the Musée d’Orsay
Take a Bateau Mouches river cruise on the Seine
See Monet’s Water Lillies at L’Orangerie in Tuileries Garden
Recommended excursions
Musée du Louvre
The largest museum in the world, this is the home of the Mona Lisa plus works by masters from the most important and exciting movements in the world, and essential French works such as those by Jacques-Louis David. Students can also expand their contextual studies by viewing the museum’s vast collection of Islamic art and artefacts from the Middle East.
Tip: Pre-booking is compulsory
Musée d’Orsay
For those looking for a particularly French experience, head to the Musée D’Orsay, set in a former railway station. It boasts the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters such as Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat and Gauguin. Students can also view sculptures, furniture and photography.
Tip: Pre-booking is essential for groups
Musée de l’Orangerie
This gallery of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings sits in the west corner of the Tuileries Gardens. Most famous for housing eight Water Lilies murals by Claude Monet, it also contains works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Rousseau, Alfred Sisley and Chaim Soutine among others. Photo © Stephen Carlile
Dalí Museum – Paris
This permanent exhibition in Montmartre is devoted to the master of surrealism. It holds the largest collection of Dalí sculptures in France, showing the artist’s fantastic imagination in three dimensions, as well as Dalí’s complete collection of rare hand-signed etchings illustrating the major themes of universal literature, mythology, history and religion.
Musée Rodin
Students can study major works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, including The Thinker and The Kiss. Rodin donated his entire collection of sculptures to the French state on the condition that they turn Hôtel Biron, his former residence, into a museum dedicated to his works. Many of his sculptures are displayed in the museum’s extensive garden.
Musée Grevin
At this waxwork museum, founded in 1882, students can get up close to famous figures in a panorama of French history from Charlemagne to Napoleon III and bloody scenes of the French Revolution. They also ‘meet’ waxwork movie stars, and figures from Einstein to Gandhi. Fun tours are offered, including one where students can dress up as ‘ennobled’ characters. Photo © Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
Musée Marmottan
The museum offers a rare opportunity to learn about the impressionist movement in an in-depth way, allowing students to spark appreciation and gain a deeper understanding of some of its artists. The museum holds the world’s largest collection of works by Monet, along with work by Morisot, Degas, Manet, Sisley, Pissarro, Gauguin, Signac and Renoir.
Musée de l’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
This major municipal museum is dedicated to Modern and Contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Constructed for the International Exhibition of Arts and Technology of 1937, its collections include The Dance by Matisse, Nude in the Bath and The Garden by Bonnard, The Cardiff Team by Robert Delaunay, Discs by Léger and The Stopover by Lhote. Photo © Dalbera.
Claude Monet Foundation at Giverny
Visit the home of Claude Monet where he lived for almost 43 years and see the flower garden and water garden that he cultivated as works of art in themselves. Walking through his house and gardens, students can still feel the atmosphere which reigned at the home of the master of impressionism and admire the floral compositions which inspired the artist. Giverny is 75km from central Paris. (Seasonal opening)
Typical accommodation
FIAP Jean Monnet
Why groups like it:
- Located 20 minutes from the Latin quarter, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower
- Many helpful in-house services specially designed with groups in mind
- Staff experienced in hosting groups of students of different ages and needs
Facilities:
- Private bathrooms
- 24-hour reception
- Common room with pool table
Kyriad Eco Bussy St Georges
Why groups like it:
- Located 15 km from Disneyland Paris, 20-30 minutes by coach
- Coach journey to the attraction of central Paris
- 32 km from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Facilities:
- Student rooms have private facilities and are multi-bedded rooms (2-4 beds)
- Flat-screen TVs
- Nearby restaurant option
Itinerary suggestion
1 Depart by coach from school – can also be arranged by air or Eurostar
2 Channel crossing to Calais – onward journey to Paris about 4 hours
3 Arrive at accommodation
4 Evening meal
1 Breakfast
2 Take a Bateau Mouches river cruise on the Seine
3 Explore the Louvre and Musée de l’Orangerie
4 Evening meal
1 Breakfast
2 Musee d’Orsay
3 Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Musee Rodin
4 Evening meal
1 Breakfast
2 Visit Montmartre, Sacre Coeur and Place du Tertre
3 Channel crossing
4 Arrive at school
Learning outcomes
Subject focus
Students can:
- See a wide range of art in some of the most important art museums in the world
- Learn about the city that has provided the context for so much inspirational artwork throughout history
- Find inspiration for their own work
- Explore and evaluate how issues such as presentation were addressed in some famous works
Student outcomes
Students will have had an opportunity to:
- View a wide range of inspiring presentations and media
- Develop an understanding of the inspirations and techniques behind Parisian work and assess the critical reactions of the time
- Encounter a range of influences to inform their own work
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Trip was wonderful overall, the students are all scoring it 8/9/10 out of 10 which is very positive
Cramlington Learning Village
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