15 free Parisian museums all year round
Le musée Carnavalet
Discover the history of Paris from prehistoric times to the present day through 625,000 works of art spread over two private mansions in the Marais district.
23 rue de Sévigné
75003 Paris
Metro: 1, 5, 7, 8
Bus : 29, 69, 76, 91, 96
The house of Victor Hugo
You can enter the intimacy of the famous writer, by visiting his apartment it is his life and his work that you will have the chance to deepen.
6 place des Vosges
75004 Paris
Metro : 1, 5, 8
Bus : 20, 29, 65, 69, 96
The Arena of Lutetia
The Romans built this large open-air amphitheater in order to organize games. These arenas could accommodate 15,000 people while the city had only 20,000 inhabitants.
49 rue Monge
75005 Paris
Metro : 7, 10
Bus : 47, 89
The Museum of the Police Headquarters
Dive into the history of police investigations that have made the headlines. The archives of the prefecture are available to you as well as weapons and uniforms of the period and exhibits.
Metro: 4, 10
Bus : 47, 63, 86, 87
RER : B, C
Le musée de la Vie Romantique
It is in a bucolic setting that you will deepen your knowledge of the romantic movement through figures such as George Sand, Ary Scheffer or Ernest Renan.
16 rue Chaptal
75009 Paris
Metro : 2, 12
Bus : 21, 30, 54, 68, 74
The Cognacq-Jay Museum
In the heart of the Marais, located in a magnificent private mansion, you will observe the collection of 18th century works of art created by the creator of the Samaritaine department stores.
8 rue Elzevir
75003 Paris
Métro : 1, 8, 11
Bus : 29, 69, 76, 96
The House of Balzac
You will be able to observe unpublished manuscripts and first editions as well as a plethora of objects that belonged to the famous writer.
47 rue Raynouard
75016 Paris
Subway : 6, 9
Bus : 22, 32, 52, 70, 72
RER : C
The Bourdelle Museum
The workshops and the garden of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle are open to the public and allow to admire 500 of his sculptures.
18 rue Antoine Bourdelle
75015 Paris
Subway : 4, 6, 12, 13
Bus: 28, 39, 58, 82, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96
Le Musée national de la légion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie
The Hôtel de Salm is home to this museum located just opposite the Musée d'Orsay. You will discover the history of the French and foreign awards and decorations from Louis XI to nowadays.
2 rue de la Légion d'honneur
75007 Paris
Subway : 12
Bus : 24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84, 94
RER : C
The Curie Museum
The history of science and the history of the Curie family, which won five Nobel prizes, is revealed in this museum, which uses photographs, instruments and documents to shed light on the work on radioactivity.
1 rue Pierre et Marie Curie
75005 Paris
Subway : 7, 10
Bus: 21, 24, 27, 38, 75, 82, 84, 89
RER : B
The Fragonard Perfume Museum
Come and learn the secrets of perfume making and its history from Antiquity to today in the heart of this house dating from 1926.
9 rue Scribe
75009 Paris
Metro: 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14
Bus : 21, 22, 27, 52, 53, 66, 68, 81, 95
RER : A, E
The Shoah Memorial
The first European information center on the Shoah but also the darkest hours of the twentieth century as the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda and Armenians.
17 rue Geoffroy l'Aspire
75004 Paris
Metro : 1, 7
Bus : 67, 69, 76, 96
The Museum of Modern Art in Paris
In the east wing of the Palais de Tokyo, the MaM brings together great works from abstract art to cubism and new realism.
11 avenue du Président-Wilson
75016 Paris
Subway : 9
Bus : 32, 42, 72, 80, 82, 92
The Cernushi Museum
A museum dedicated to the arts of Asia opened to the public in 1898. It is one of the oldest museums in Paris.
7 avenue Velasquez
75008 Paris
Metro: 2, 3
Bus: 30, 84, 93
The Petit Palais
The Petit Palais was built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900 and is also the museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris. You will be able to admire a collection going from Antiquity to nowadays and you will find there well known names of the history of art such as Paul Cézanne, Rembrandt or Théodore Géricault.
Metro: 1, 9, 13
Bus : 28, 42, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93
RER : C
