Le grand Palais

Le Grand Palais shares the same beautiful Art Nouveau building as the Palais de la Découverte and lies just in front of the Petit Palais. It hosts Paris most prestigious temporary art exhibitions (such as the current Velazquez exhibition).

If you want to visit it make sure to buy your tickets in advance on the website, since there are usually very long waiting lines at the entrance. The Grand Palais organizes very interesting workshops related to the exhibition for kids aged 5-7 and 8-11, you can buy tickets in advance on their website and they will also permit you to skip the waiting line when arriving.

To reach the Grand Palais from Ivry, you can either take subway line 7 toward La Courneuve, change for line 1 in Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre toward La Défense, and get off in Champs-Élyséees-Clemenceau. Or, if the weather is nice, you can take RER B toward Paris and get off at Invalides, from here it's a lovely 10 min walk across the Seine via the beautiful Alexandre III bridge to the museum.

Musée d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay is located along the Seine river, in a former railway station which was renovated in 1986. It hosts collections from the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, in particular some very famous impressionnist paintings from Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas... 

It's one of Paris biggest and most famous museums and therefore one of the must-see places when you visit the city for the first time (and the second, and third, and...).

The museum organizes very nice workshops and visits for children from 5 years old, the program can be found here.

To reach the Musée d'Orsay from Ivry, simply take the RER C in Ivry-sur-Seine toward Paris and  get off at the Musée d'Orsay station, et voilà !