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June 2-3
This weekend is the Portes Ouvertes at Les Frigos! Check out the artist studios in one of the most famous former squats in Paris. In the 13th (near the Bibliothèque Mitterrand, just off Rue de Tolbiac), ree entry, Saturday (2-10pm) and Sunday (2-8pm).

June 8-10
Nearly 6,000 feathered and sequinned costumes, designed and made in the workshops of the Folies Bergère, one of the world’s most prestigious music-halls, are going on auction at the Palais de la Bourse (Place de la Bourse, 2nd) over three sessions (two catalogued sales on Saturday 9th at 6pm and Sunday 10th at 4pm, one non-catalogued sale of costumes, accessories, notions and supplies). To this magnificent set of lots will be added a hundred posters and programmes recounting a century of revues, original musical scores composed for Folies Bergère revues and drawings by famous fashion illustrator Erté. Public exhibition of the collection from 2-6pm on Friday, 10am-5pm on Saturday, 10am-3pm on Sunday.

June 17
It's time yet again to don your most fashionable hat and a picnic basket and head up to Chantilly for the annual Prix de Diane at the Chantilly Hippodrome. It's Ladies' Day at the races, and the fashions might overshadown the horses, but overall it's a fabulous day out for free (well, if you can get out there by train or car or helicopter). Check out one of my posts from the 2010 event with photos.

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Sightseeing > Museums > Petit Palais

Petit Palais-Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Avenue Winston Churchill, 8th
M° Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau
Tel 01 53 43 40 00
www.petitpalais.paris.fr

An artistic collection from the antiquity to the 20th century is housed in this Municipal Fine Arts Palace built for the 1900 World Fair.

Opening Hours: Daily except Monday from 10am-6pm (until 8pm on Tuesdays during temporary exhibitions). Closed on holidays.

Tickets: Entry to the Museum’s permanent collection is free. Entry for Exhibitions vary.

Info and Services: There's a stylish cafeteria with with terrace seating in the garden. Le jardin du Petit Palais and the bookshop are open during the same hours as the museum. Accessible to wheelchair users.

See Heather's Photo Blog: "Petit My A**!" An Afternoon at the Petit Palais.

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