Free museums in Paris - See the list of free museums for all

It's free and... in Paris it's rare. Let's make the most of it!

FOR THE YOUNG PERMANENT COLLECTIONS 1ST SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

In Paris and Ile-de-France, the free museums are more numerous than we think. Sometimes, free of charge applies only to young people (children, teenagers, students and young adults up to the age of 26). In other cases, some museums are free on a day of the week or month. (like the first Sunday of every month). A number of Parisian museums offer free access to their permanent collection to all. Finally, some museums are simply free, always and for everyone.

Beware, on free days, there may be a little more people than usual. If your objective is to visit a museum with few people, you should prefer the days of nightlife in museums.

FREE MUSEUMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

For under 18 and under 26 years old EU nationals.

The list is long but a few examples among the biggest Parisian museums where young people will not pay their entrance ticket.

Louvre Museum (1st)
Orangerie Museum (1st)
Picasso Museum (4e)
Cluny Museum (5th)
Eugène Delacroix Museum (6th)
Army Museum - Hôtel des Invalides (7th)

Rodin Museum (7th)
Orsay Museum (7th)
Gustave Moreau Museum (9th)
National City of the History of Immigration (12th)
National Museum of Asian Arts Guimet (16th)
City of Architecture and Heritage (16th)
Jean-Jacques Henner Museum (17th)

FREE ACCESS TO PERMANENT COLLECTIONS IN PARISIAN MUSEUMS

You will find below the (not exhaustive) list of the main Parisian museums of which permanent collections are free for all and all year long.

Carnavalet Museum (3rd) (closed for renovation)
The House of Victor Hugo (4th)
The Brancusi workshop (4th) (reconstitution of the artist's studio)
The Shoah Memorial (4th) (museum and temporary exhibitions)
The Museum of the Prefecture of Police (5e)
The Curie Museum (5e)
The Zadkine Museum (6th)
The Museum of the Legion of Honour (7th)

The Cernuschi Museum (8th) (Asian arts)
The Petit Palais Museum (8th) (Museum of Fine Arts of Antiquity at the end of the 19th century)
Fragonard Perfume Museum (9th)
The Museum of Romantic Life (9th) (around George Sand and Parisian painters of the 19th century)
The Jean Moulin Liberation Museum (14e)
The Bourdelle Museum (15th)
Modern Art Museum (16e)
The House of Balzac (16th)

FREE ADMISSION TO MUSEUMS ON THE 1ST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

Orangerie Museum (1st) (museum of the impressionists with among others the Water Lilies)
Museum of Arts and Crafts (3rd) (free also on Thursday night from 6 pm to 9.30 pm)
Picasso Museum (4e)
Museum of Cluny (5th) (museum of the Middle Ages)
Musée Delacroix (6th) (also July 14th)
Rodin Museum (7th)

Musée du Quai Branly (7th) (Museum of the primitive arts)
Orsay Museum (7th) (Museum of Painting and Sculpture XIX^e century until 1914)
Gustave Moreau Museum (9th)
City of Architecture (16th)
Henner Museum (17th)

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LOUVRE MUSEUM

- The Louvre Museum (1) is free for all the first Saturday of each month from 6 pmand July 14 all day long
- The Louvre Museum is also free for young people (under 18 years of age and under 26 years of age for European Union citizens) every day of the year, without restriction.