Opening days, including holidays

Museums open on Mondays

Museums open on Tuesdays

  • Musée de Cluny - Closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25
  • Museum in grass (1st) - Closed on January 1st and December 25th
  • Musée Carnavalet (3e) - Closed January 1, May 1 and December 25
  • Musée Cognacq-Jay (3e) - Closed 1st January, 1st May and December 25.
  • Museum of Arts and Crafts (3rd) - Closed on May 1st and December 25th
  • Picasso Museum (4th) - Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
  • Museum of Natural History (5th) - Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
  • The archaeological crypt of the Île de la Cité (5th) - Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
  • Musée Zadkine (6e) - Closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25
  • Rodin Museum (7th) - Closed January 1, May 1 and December 25
  • Orsay Museum (7th) - Closed December 25th and May 1st - Open January 1st from 10am
  • The Army Museum (8th) - Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
  • The Palace of Discovery (8th) - Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
  • Petit Palais musée des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris - Closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25
  • The Grévin Museum (9th)
  • Musée de la Vie Romantique (9e) - Closed 1st January, 1st May and December 25.
  • The Chocolate Museum (10e) Closed on January 1st, May 1st, May 8th and December 25th and December 26th
  • The catacombs of Paris (14th) - Closed 1st January, 1st May and December 25.
  • Musée de la Libération de Paris - musée du Général Leclerc - musée Jean Moulin (14th) - Closed January 1, May 1 and December 25.
  • Musée Bourdelle (15th) - Closed 1st January, 1st May and December 25.
  • Modern Art Museum (16th) - Closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25
  • La Maison Balzac (16th) - Closed 1st January, 1st May and December 25.
  • Palais Galliera (16th) - Closed 1st January, 1st May and December 25.
  • City of Science and Industry (19th) - Closed on January 1st and December 25th

Museums open from Wednesday to Sunday

Museums open on 25 December

Not always easy to find out what day of the week are open Parisian museums. Here is the list of museums open from Monday to Sunday including Tuesday (traditionally closing day) and public holidays such as January 1st, August 15th or December 25th.  Warning : regarding schedules, we advise you to check the practical information of each museum. Schedules are indeed likely to change depending on the season (high season, low season, school holidays) or special events (such as the Night of Museums.

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