{"product_id":"9780935039399","title":"Artwise Paris Museum Map - Laminated Museum Map of Paris, FR - Streetwise Maps (2013)","description":"\u003cb\u003e2013 UPDATED\u003c\/b\u003e Artwise Paris Museum Map - Laminated Museum Map of Paris, FR - Streetwise Maps\u003cp\u003eThis travel map covers the following areas:\u003cbr\u003eMain Paris Map 1:14,000\u003cbr\u003eMonmartre Map 1:9,600\u003cbr\u003eParis Metro Map\u003cbr\u003eParis Museum Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes the briefest suggestion from a knowledgeable source can make the difference between an average and a great experience. Travel to Paris, France equipped with the ARTWISE® Paris Museum Map and your knowledge of the cultural life of Paris will be transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor example, the amazing Marmottan museum is off the beaten tourist path and not included on most maps. Consequently, many visitors skip it, but miss this and you’ll miss seeing a treasure trove of Monet paintings and personal effects. Monet’s son Michael donated his own inherited collection to the museum, affording an immersive and revealing look at the artist. The ARTWISE® Paris Museum Map precisely pinpoints the museum in the 16th arrondissement and identifies nearby metro stations and taxi stands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ARTWISE® Paris Museum Map celebrates wandering in Paris as an artistic experience. The map will help organize your day and instill confidence to take alternate routes to see the many cultural sites of Paris. There’s an impressive cluster of museums located in the charming district of the Marais. The Pompidou, Picasso and Carnavalet museums could all be enjoyed in one day with the right map. The following day set forth across the Seine to see the Musée d’Orsay followed by a short stroll up the rue Jacob to visit the Delacroix museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ARTWISE® Paris Museum Map is more than a refined map of central Paris. Gallery walks, museums and other cultural institutions are featured. In the case of the Louvre, the map also indicates the less crowded entrances. The museum index lists hours, address, nearest metro stop, admission charge information, telephone, and a brief description of the highlights of the collection. Should feet fail, an inset map of the Paris metro will serve your navigation requirements around the city. If you are completely exhausted or teetering under the weight of numerous museum shop purchases, find your way to the nearest taxi stand, also clearly marked on the map. This stylish map will enable you to visit more museums than with any other guide. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble search bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout STREETWISE® Maps\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTREETWISE® is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. We've set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where you've never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970's, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, STREETWISE® produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE® is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesn't match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, we've done the work, now you have the adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, it's not about the map, it's about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. It's about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. 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