We recommend the nocturnal Paris museums. Many museums in Paris are open late at night in turn. So, if you wish, it is possible to go every night of the week to the museum! During these nights, museums are usually open until around 22h. Thursday is the evening when the most museums are open. Visiting a museum in the evening is the opportunity to see temporary exhibitions or the permanent collections. You are spoilt for choice. Museums of painting, contemporary art, science... Among them, it's impossible not to find one that will please your children! And twice a year, the museums are open most of the night for the Nuit Blanche in October and the European Night of Museums in May
Please note that the times indicated are the closing times of the museums.
The cashiers usually close 3/4 of an hour to an hour before.
The nocturnes on mondays
- Centre Pompidou (4e) - Open until 9pm (closed on Tuesday and May 1st)
- Palais de Tokyo (16th) - Open until midnight (closed on Tuesdays, Jan. 1, May 1 and Dec. 25)
- The Luxembourg Museum (during temporary exhibitions) - Until 22h
The nocturnes on tuesday
- Cartier Foundation (4th) - Open until 10pm (closed on Monday)
- The Army Museum (7e) - Open until 9pm (closed 1st Jan, 1st May and Dec. 25)
The nocturnes on wednesday
- Museum of Jewish Art and History (3rd) - Open until 9pm (closed on Mondays, 1st Jan, 1st May, celebration of Rosh ha-Shana and the Grand Pardon)
- Centre Pompidou (4e) - Open until 9pm (closed on Tuesday and May 1st)
- Palais de Tokyo (16th) - Open until midnight (closed on Tuesdays, Jan. 1, May 1 and Dec. 25)
Thursday nights
- Museum of Illusion (1st) - Open until 10pm (open every day)
- The Yves Saint-Laurent Museum
- The Museum of Decorative Arts (1st) - Open until 9pm, only for temporary exhibitions (closed on Mondays, May 1st, Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st)
- Centre Pompidou (4e) - Open until 11pm (closed on Tuesday and May 1st)
- Shoah Memorial (4th) - Open until 10pm - Closed on January 1, May 1, July 14, August 15 and December 25. Also closed on certain Jewish holidays
- Quai Branly Museum - Jacques Chirac (7e) - Open until 10pm (closed Mondays except school vacations, Dec. 25 and May 1)
- Palais de Tokyo (16th) - Open until midnight (closed on Tuesdays, Jan. 1, May 1 and Dec. 25)
- Orsay Museum (16e) - Open until 9:45 pm (closed on Mondays, May 1, Dec. 25)
- Marmottan Monet Museum (16e) - Open until 9pm (closed on Mondays, May 1, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1)
The nocturnes on friday
- Museum of Illusion (1st) - Open until 10pm (open every day)
- Museum of Arts and Crafts (3rd) - Open until 9pm (closed on Mondays, 1st Jan. 1st May and Dec. 25)
- Centre Pompidou (4e) - Open until 9pm (closed on Tuesday and May 1st)
- Palais de Tokyo (16th) - Open until midnight (closed on Tuesdays, Jan. 1, May 1 and Dec. 25)
Saturday nights
- Museum of Illusion (1st) - Open until 10pm (open every day)
- Centre Pompidou (4e) - Open until 9pm (closed on Tuesday and May 1st)
- Palais de Tokyo (16th) - Open until midnight (closed on Tuesdays, Jan. 1, May 1 and Dec. 25)
- The Aquarium of Paris (16th) - Open until 9pm (closed on July 14th)
Sunday nights
- Centre Pompidou (4th) - Open until 9pm - Closed on May 1st
- Palais de Tokyo (16th) - Open until midnight (closed on Tuesdays, Jan. 1, May 1 and Dec. 25)