Musée Léon-Dierx, Saint Denis (must see)

Musée Léon-Dierx is a museum of contemporary French art. The museum opened in 1912 under the order of Marius and Ary Leblond in the villa Manes. The museum's collection features works of modern Western art from mostly the 19th and the 20th centuries. The museum was begun from the funds of Ambroise Vollard, an art dealer. It is named in honor of the local poet Leon Dierx, and his bust is located right at the museum's entrance.