Rouen's fine-arts museum is one of the strongest provincial collections in France. The Italian Renaissance galleries, the 17th-century Caravaggio, and a Velázquez are the headline old masters; the Impressionist room — Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Pissarro — is the unmissable reason most visitors come.
The museum also collects local artists, including a thoughtful gallery devoted to Théodore Géricault, who was born in Rouen. The building is 19th-century neoclassical and the rooms are quiet even on weekends. Allow two hours.