Montparnasse is the business area of Paris. It is famous for its tower, the Montparnasse Tower which is a business centre.
MUSEUMS
- The Zadkine Museum (Musée Zadkine)
Museum about the work of the sculptor Ossip Zadkine.
- The Antoine Bourdelle (Musée Antoine Bourdelle)
This museum houses more than 500 pieces of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle : bronzes, marble statues, ...
- The Post/Mail Museum (Musée de la Poste) about the history of the French post/mail, about philately and about foreign posts/mail.
Other things to see in that area
- The Montparnasse Cimetery
It houses the gravestones of famous people like Sainte Beuve, Maupassant, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Brancusi, Man Ray, Soutine, Baudelaire, ...
- The Observatory of Paris (Observatoire de Paris)
It houses the office of international time.
