Help. I have friends coming in for a week and their primary interests are trains and modern art. Is there a train museum or anything to do with trains that they can go see. Also, don't know the modern art museums in Paris. Thanks

The Jeu de Paume has the first Ai Weiwei exhibition in France: http://www.jeudepaume.org/ there is also the 104 to visit: http://www.104.fr/

The Irish Cultural Centre always have excellent stuff on, see the current one here: http://paris.angloinfo.com/information/wfdetail.asp?CCID=1746

Of course, you will excuse me for stating the obvious. The Museum of Modern Art:
http://www.mam.paris.fr/en
Do remember that any over 60's get decent discounts from most, but not all, museums. If this is applicable proof of age will be required.
As far as trains are concerned, I cannot help, Gare du Nord perhaps :-)

Thanks for the info everyone. Now if only I can think of something to do with trains. They are coming in on the Thalys, I guess they could hang out at the train station and watch the trains coming in and out, lol.

No train musuem in Paris, I don't think, but the Musée d'Orsay is IN an ex-train station and is one of my favorites - if not quite "modern art"....

Hi !

There is a little model train museum here that could be fun for them Musee Rambolitrain http://paris.angloinfo.com/afdetail.asp?Rec=3560 Maybe you could go there by train and do some train spotting on the way ?

Enjoy !

Rosa