Treasures spanning thousands of years of Paris history will get a fresh airing in the city from next week, with pistols from the French revolution showcased alongside a shoe thought to have been lost ...

Think Paris, and the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Élysées and haute couture come to mind. But the City of Light also is rich in African-American history. Keeping this history alive are tour companies that ...

The museum Carnavalet showcases Paris' history including this 1848 painting by Eugéne Hagnauer. A recent survey suggests that about 80% of visitors to Paris come to see the museums and monuments, ...

Black Paris Tours shows visitors the city's long African history beyond just Josephine Baker. Founder Ricki Stevenson says her clients leave Paris with a new understanding of the city and of their own ...

PARIS – Ange-Jacques Gabriel lived for 83 years, born here during the reign of Louis XIV and departing this Earth with France in the midst of so much economic and social crisis that revolution would ...

A few weeks ago, a new film, with the decidedly banal title Paris, je t'aime, opened in the French capital. My French teacher - a true cinéphile - warned me off it. "C'est nul," she said, using the ...

The Paris Olympics provided a platform for American women to shine. Team USA finished atop the Olympic medal count with 126 overall and tied China for the most golds with 40 largely thanks to the ...