Musée de l'Homme

After an extensive five-year renovation, Paris’s anthropological museum reopened in the fall of 2015 to great fanfare. Plastered across the city’s metro stations and bus shelters, posters with sexy nude models stepping out of Neanderthal skins proclaimed: “Man has evolved. So has his museum.” Indeed. Gone, thankfully, are the creepy post-Colonial curiosity cabinet displays, which have been replaced with an installation that focuses on the global evolution of humanity.

The museum’s restaurant gives yet another reason to head over to the Trocadéro. Designed by Gilles & Boissier (the chic duo behind New York’s Hôtel Baccarat and Marrakech’s Mandarin Oriental), Le Café de l’Homme, offers a sophisticated dining experience amidst white marble tables, green velvet banquettes and views of the Eiffel Tower.