It's free and in Paris it's rare. Let's enjoy!
In Paris and Ile-de-France, numerous museums offer free of chargeThis is particularly the case for young people (children, teenagers, students and young adults), which allows families to lighten their budgets at the checkout. Some museums are also free of charge one day of the week or month. (like the first Sunday of each month). Think about it! On the other hand, there may be a little more people on these days. Also, give priority to the days of nightlife in museumsIn addition, a number of Parisian museums offer free access to their permanent collectionFinally, many monuments are also free (national monuments among others).
Most of the permanent collections of national museums are free for young people under 18 and for U-26 citizens of the EU. This free charge applies every day, without exception. On the other hand, temporary exhibitions usually pay off.
The Louvre Museum (1st) is free for all on Saturdays from 6pm until closing at 9.45pm.
We have a little crush for a museum a little apart and free: Fragonard Perfume Museum in the Opera district (9th).
The list is long but a few examples among the biggest Parisian museums where young people will not pay their entrance ticket.
Free museums for young people
- Louvre Museum (1st)
- Orangerie Museum (1st)
- Picasso Museum (4e)
- Cluny Museum (5th)
- Eugène Delacroix Museum (6th)
- Army museum - Invalides National Hotel (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)
You will find below the (not exhaustive) list of the main Parisian museums of which permanent collections are free of charge for all and all year round.
Free of charge for permanent collections
- 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 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)
- The Museum of Romantic Life (9th) (around George Sand and Parisian painters of the 19th century)
- The Jean Moulin Liberation Museum (14th)
- The Bourdelle Museum (15th)
- Modern Art Museum (16e)
- The House of Balzac (16th)
Free 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 XIXe century until 1914)
- Gustave Moreau Museum (9th)
- City of Architecture (16th)
- Henner Museum (17th)
