Paris Museum of Modern Art. While the city's modern art museum hasn't generated a buzz comparable to that of its main Paris competitor, the Centre Georges Pompidou, it can provide a more pleasant museum-going experience. Like the Pompidou, it shows temporary exhibits of painting, sculpture, and installation and video art, plus a it has a permanent collection of top-tier 20th-century works from around the world -- but it happily escapes the Pompidou's overcrowding. The museum takes over, chronologically speaking, where the Musée d'Orsay leaves off; among the earliest works are Fauvist paintings by Maurice Vlaminck and André Derain, followed by Pablo Picasso's early experiments in Cubism. Other highlights include works by Georges Braque, Georges Rouault, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, and Amedeo Modigliani. There is also a large room devoted to Art Deco furniture and screens. There are no audioguides in English, but the excellent bookshop, which specializes in 19th- and 20th-century art and architecture, has many books in English. COST: Permanent collection free, temporary exhibitions EUR7. Métro: Iéna.