Galeries Lafayette interior
40, boulevard Haussmann
in the IXe arrondissement, Paris

Pigalle is famous for being a touristic district, with many sex shops on Place Pigalle and the main boulevards and prostitutes operating in the side streets. The Moulin Rouge, a world-famous cabaret, is located in Pigalle. It is an area on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements.

Located in the IXe arrondissement, le Printemps is one of the 2 department stores, boulevard Haussmann :
Printemps at 64, boulevard Haussmann, Art Nouveau stained-glass cupola, shopping, Ladurée Patisserie and Café Be by Alain Ducasse
Galeries Lafayette, at 40, boulevard Haussmann, glass and steel dome, and Art Nouveau staircases, shopping, Lafayette Café

To celebrate the bicentenary of Chopin’s birth the Musée de la vie Romantique is presenting an important exhibition and homage to the composer. The Museum stands at the foot of Montmartre hill in the IXe arrondissement at 16 rue Chaptal, in an 1830 hôtel particulier. Formerly Ary Scheffer’s Villa, it was frequented by Chopin, George Sand , Eugène Delacroix, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Alphonse de Lamartine… The exhibition links together literature, painting and music: 90 paintings, sculptures, drawings by Chassériau, Clésinger, Corot, Courbet, Delacroix, Scheffer among others in order to evoke and document the Chopin’s Parisian years(1831-1849).
Musée de la Vie Romantique- 2 March – 11 July 2010
16, rue Chaptal 75009 Paris
Métro : St Georges, Blanche, Pigalle, Liège

The Musée Grévin is a waxwork museum in Paris, one of the oldest in Europe, located  in the IXe arrondissement  at 10, Boulevard Montmartre. The Musée Grévin now contains some 300 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life, including a panorama of French history from Charlemagne to Napoleon III, bloody scenes of the French Revolution, movie stars, and international figures such as Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, and Pope John Paul II.