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Paris Famous Treasure Museums This page lists museums in and around Paris and when available, their web sites. Do check with the museums directly to confirm opening hours, special shows, entry fees or for any other information you might need. And... do enjoy these wonderful treasures!
Paris Museums and Around with Free Entrance for Children
Here is a selection of Paris museums with free entrance for children. "Children" being defined as under 18 years of age in some cases, and under age 5, 7, 8 or 12 in other cases.
http://www.louvre.fr/
34-36 quai du Louvre - 75058 Paris Cedex 01
Main entrance: through the pyramid
Phone: 01 40 20 50 50 - Fax: 01 40 20 54 42
Voice Server (five languages): 01 40 20 51 51
Métro: Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre
Open Thursday, Friday, saturday,sunday and certain public holidays from 9:00 to 18:00
Monday from 9:00 to 21:45 but after 17:30 only the Richelieu wing is open
Evenings on Wednesday until 21:45
Closed Tuesday and some holidays
The Hall Napoléon is open from 9:00 until 22:00 and the Medieval Louvre and History of the Louvre rooms are open every day except Tuesdays, from 9:00 to 18:00 (21:45 on Mondays and Wednesdays).
Temporary exhibitions under the pyramid (Hall Napoléon) are open from 9:00 to 18:00 (21:45 on Mondays and Wednesdays)
Conciergerie Children under 12 are free
Main entrance to the Conciergerie
boulevard du Palais - 75001 Paris
Phone: +33 (0)1 53 73 78 52 - Fax: +33 (0)1 40 51 70 36
Métro: lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14
Bus: 21, 24, 27, 38, 58, 81, 85 and Balabus
RER: lines B and C
Open daily from April 1 to September 30: 9:00 to 18:30
From 1 October to 31 March open from 10:00 to 17:00
Ticket sales close 30 minutes earlier
Closed on 1 January, 1 May, 1 November, 11 November and 25 December
Pavillon de l'Arsenal http://www.pavillon-arsenal.com/
Entrance free of charge: Free guided visits for school groups and students.
Free group visits by rendez-vous: 01 42 76 33 97
21 boulevard Morland - 75004 Paris
Phone: 01 42 76 33 97 - Fax : 01 42 76 26 32
Metro: Sully-Morland or Bastille
Bus lines : 86, 87, 67
Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10.30 to 18:30 and from 11:00 to 19:00 on Sunday.
Closed 1 January
Musée du Luxembourg Children under 18 are free
19 rue de Vaugirard, Paris 6
Métro: St-Sulpice
Phone: 01 42 34 25 94
Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed on Monday
Musée d'Orsay http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
Admission free for under 18
62 rue de Lille - 75007 Paris
Phone: 01 40 49 48 14
Métro: Solférino or RER C
Open daily 10:00 to 18:00, Sunday from 9:00 to 18:00, Thursday until 21:45
Closed Monday
Built inside the former Orsay train station, the museum displays a series of collections featuring artistic works from the second half of the XIXth century in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, city planning, decorative arts, photography, etc.
Musée de l'Armée http://www.invalides.org/
Free for children under 12
Phone: 01.44.42.40.69 or 01.44.42.37.72 - Fax: 01.44.42.37.64
Métro: Latour-Maubourg or Varenne, Paris 7
Open daily October to 31 March from 10:00 to 16:45 - April to 30 September from 10:00 to 17:45
15 June to 15 September the Dome church including the Tomb of Napoleon I are open from 10:00 to 18:45
Closed 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 December
Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou http://www.centrepompidou.fr/
Free entry to the Museum for those under 18 years of age and to the exhibitions for those under 13
75191 Paris cedex 04
Métro: Rambuteau, Hotelde Ville; RER: Châtelet/Les/Halles
Entrée par la piazza, place Georges-Pompidou, Paris 4
Phone: 01 44 78 12 33
Open daily from 11:00 to 22:00
Museum and exhibits: 11:00 to 21:00
Closed Tuesdays and 1 May
Musee Jacquemart André http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/
Children (under 7, third child, any age): free.
158 boulevard Haussmann, 75008
Phone: 01.42.89.04.91
Métro: Miromesnil
Open daily 10:00 to 6:00
Palais de la Décourverte http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/
Children under 5 are free
Avenue Franklin D.Roosevelt - 75008 Paris
Métro: Franklin D. Roosevelt or Champs-Elysées Clemenceau, Paris 8
Phone: 33 (0)1 56 43 20 20 - Fax: 33 (0)1 56 43 20 29
Open daily 9:30 to 18:00 - Ticket sales close at 17:30 - Sunday and holidays 10:00 to 19:00 - Ticket sales close at 18:30
Closed Monday and 1 January, 1 May, 14 July, 15 August and 25 December
Children under 5 are free
Marmottan-Claude Monet http://www.marmottan.com/
Free for children under 8
2 rue Louis-Boilly - 75016 Paris
Phone: 01 44 96 50 33 - Fax: 01 40 50 65 84
Métro: La Muette, Paris 16
Open daily 10:00 to 18:00 - Ticket sales close at 17:30
Closed Monday, 1 May and 25 December
Musée de Paris Admission free for under 13
1, Place de la Concorde - 75008 Paris
Phone: 01 47 03 12 50 - Fax: 01 47 03 12 51
Open Tuesday from 12:00 to 21:30 - Wednesday to Friday from 12:00 to 19:00 - Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 19:00
Closed Monday
Price: 38 FRF - Red.: 28 FRF
Musée Picasso http://www.paris-tourism.com/museums/picasso/
Admission free for under 18
HotelSalé
5 rue de Thorigny - 75003 Paris
Phone: 01 42 71 25 21 - Fax: 01 48 04 75 46
Métro: Filles du Calvaire, Saint-Paul
Open daily 9:30 to 17:30 until 31 March and 9:30 to 18:00 until 1 April
Closed Tuesday
The museum is located in a superb XVII-century mansion. The French government was donated an important collection of works by Picasso, including paintings, 160 sculptures, collages, relief paintings, ceramics, prints, notebooks, as well as primitive objets d'art, photographs and works by Corot, Cézanne, le Douanier Rousseau, Matisse, Braque, etc. which belonged to Picasso's private collection. |
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