Quai Malaquais, Riverfront quay in the 6th arrondissement, Paris, France

Quai Malaquais runs 330 metres along the left bank of the Seine, from the Pont du Carrousel and the Rue des Saints-Pères to the Quai de Conti and the Rue de Seine. Between the roadway and the stone embankment wall lies a cycle path lined with plane trees, on Place Justin Godart, and the bouquinistes' green boxes sit on the parapet. The École des Beaux-Arts occupies the former Pré-aux-Clercs, in Félix Duban's building of 1858–1862, with entrances at nos. 11–13 and at the Hôtel de Chimay, no. 17.

A raised earthen bank was built around 1552 to protect the Petit Pré-aux-Clercs from Seine floods, on the site of the former Port Malaquest. The quay was paved by decree of the Conseil on 1 July 1669 under Louis XIV. It originally ran as far as the Pont Royal and included today's quai Voltaire.

At no. 15, a plaque marks where Anatole France grew up from 1844 to 1853; his father, a doctor, kept a natural-history collection in the flat. At no. 3, the Hôtel Dorat housed Alexander von Humboldt from 1804 to 1824, and engraver Albert Decaris later worked in its top-floor studio. The Beaux-Arts entrances are at nos. 11-13, on the former Pré-aux-Clercs, and at the Hôtel de Chimay, no. 17.

The quay runs 330 metres between the Pont du Carrousel end, where it branches off opposite no. 17 Quai Voltaire at the foot of the Rue des Saints-Pères, and the Quai de Conti by the Rue de Seine. A cycle path runs between the roadway and the embankment wall along the tree-lined Place Justin Godart, and the bouquinistes' boxes sit on the parapet. Saint-Germain-des-Prés station on line 4 is the nearest metro.

The name Malaquais comes from the challenges boats faced when attempting to dock at this location during earlier centuries. The difficult mooring conditions shaped this section's quieter character compared to other Seine quays.