Paris museums by alphabetical order
Paris museums and monuments offer a fascinating journey through centuries of architectural and cultural heritage, making the city a leading tourist destination worldwide.
However, the sheer number of options can be overwhelming. It’s advisable to book your tickets online in advance, especially during peak season, even though many sites offer free entry.
To help you, we’ve compiled a list detailing the conditions for free entry to various Parisian museums and monuments. Simply consult the list below to determine which ones are relevant to you.
- Arc de Triomphe
Free admission for under 26 to the permanent exhibitions year-round
Everyone on the first Sunday of every month from November 1st to March 31st
8thdistrict – Place Charles de Gaulle – Metro Charles de Gaulle –Etoile - Arènes de Lutèce
Free admission
5th district – 47 Rue Monge – Metro Cardinal Lemoine - Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions year-round
Everyone on the first Sunday of each month year-round
5th District – Hôtel de Miramion – 47 Quai de la Tournelle – Metro Maubert-Mutualité - Basilique Royale Saint-Denis
Free admission for under 26 to the permanent exhibitions year-round
Everyone on the first Sunday of the month from November 1st to March 31st
Metro Basilique de Saint-Denis - Chapelle Expiatoire
Free entry for under 26 and permanent exhibitions year-round
8th district – Square Louis XVI – 29 Rue Pasquier – Metro Saint-Augustin - Château de Fontainebleau
Free entry for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
SNCF station Fontainebleau - Chateau de Versailles
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month from November 1st to March 31st
RER station Versailles - Château de Vincennes
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month from November 1st to March 31st
Metro Château de Vincennes - Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
16th district – 1 Place du Trocadéro – Metro Trocadéro - Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-roun
12th district – 293 Avenue Daumesnil – Metro Porte Dorée12 - Cluny – Musée National du Moyen-Age
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-roun
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
5th district – 6 Place Paul Painlevé – Metro Cluny-La Sorbonne - Conciergerie
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month from November 1st to March 31st
1st district – 2 Boulevard du Palais – Metro Cité - Institut du Monde Arabe
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
5th district – 1 Rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard – Metro Jussieu - Jardin des Plantes – Grande Galerie de l’Evolution
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
5th district – 36 Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – Metro Jussieu - Le Plateau – Centre d’Art Contemporain
Free admission
19th district – Place Hannah Arendt – Metro Buttes-Chaumont - Les Arts Décoratifs – Modes et Textiles – Publicité
Free admission for under 26 to permanent and temporary exhibitions all year-round except for exhibitions in the Nef
1st district – 107 Rue de Rivoli – Metro Tuileries - Les Arts Décoratifs – Nissim de Camondo
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round except for exhibitions in the Nef Les Arts Décoratifs
8th district – 63 Rue de Monceau – Metro Villiers - Louvre
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month from October 1st to March 31st
1st district – Metro Louvre-Palais-Royal - Maison de Balzac
Free admission to permanent exhibitions, everyday all year-round (partially free during temporary exhibitions)
16th district – 47 Rue Raynouard – Metro Passy - Maison de Victor Hugo
Free admission to permanent exhibitions, everyday of the year all year-round
4th district – Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée – 6 Place des Vosges – Metro Bastille - Maison Européenne de la Photographie
Free admission at night
4th district – Hôtel Henault de Cantobre – 5-7 Rue de Fourcy – Metro Saint-Paul - Musée – Librairie du Compagnonnage
Free admission
6th district – 10 Rue Mabillon – Metro Mabillon - Musée Bourdelle
Free admission to permanent exhibitions, everyday of the year all year-round (partially free during temporary exhibitions)
15th district – 16 Rue Antoine Bourdelle – Metro Montparnasse-Bienvenüe - Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris
Free admission to permanent exhibitions, everyday of the year all year-round
3rd district – 23 Rue de Sévigné – Metro St-Paul-Chemin Vert - Musée Cernuschi
Free admission to permanent exhibitions, everyday of the year all year-round
8th district – 7 Avenue Velasquez – Metro Villiers - Musée Cognacq-Jay
Free admission to permanent exhibitions, everyday of the year all year-round (partially free during temporary exhibitions)
3rd district – Hôtel Donon – 8 Rue Elzévir – Metro St-Paul - Musée Curie – Institut du Radium
Free admission
5th district – 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie – RER Luxembourg - Musée d’Archéologie de St-Germain-en-Laye
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Place Charles de Gaulle – RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
3rd district – 71 Rue du Temple – Metro Hôtel-de-Ville - Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – Palais de Tokyo
Free admission to permanent exhibitions everyday of the year, all year-round
16th district – 11 Avenue du president Wilson – Metro Iéna - Musée d’Ennery
Free admission on Saturday with booking
16th district – 59 Avenue Foch – Metro Porte Dauphine - Musée d’Orsay
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
7th district – 1 Rue de la Légion d’Honneur – RER Musée d’Orsay - Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace
Free admission to permanent exhibitions everyday of the year, all year-round
Le Bourget - Musée de l’Armée
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
7th district – Esplanade des Invalides – Metro Invalides - Musée de l’Orangerie
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
1st district – Jardin des Tuileries – Metro Concorde - Musée de la Bible et Terre Sainte
Free admission
6th district – Institut Catholique de Paris – Metro Rennes - Musée de la Monnaie
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
6th district – 11 Quai de Conti – Metro Pont-Neuf - Musée de la Musique – La Villette
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
19th district – Parc de la Villette – 221 Avenue Jean-Jaurès – Metro Porte de Pantin - Musée de la Poste
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
15th district – 34 Boulevard de Vaugirard – Metro Montparnasse-Bienvenüe - Musée de la Préfecture de Police
Free admission
5th district – Hôtel de Police du 5eme Arrondissement – 4 Rue de la Montagne Ste-Geneviève – Metro Maubert-Mutualité - Musée de la Vie Romantique
Free admission to permanent exhibitions, everyday of the year all year-round
9th district – 16 Rue Chaptal – Metro Pigalle - Musée des Arts et Métiers
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year long
– Everyone at night and on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round 3rd district – 60 Rue Réaumur – Metro Arts et Métiers - Musée des Plans et Reliefs
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
7th district – 129 Rue de Grenelle – Metro La Tour-Maubourg - Musée du Parfum – Fragonard
Free admission
9th district – 9 Rue Scribe – Metro Opéra - Musée du Quai Branly
Free admission for everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
7th district – 37 Quai Branly Portail Debilly – RER Pont de l’Alma - Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre Pompidou
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
4th district – Place Georges Pompidou – Metro Rambuteau - Musée National de la Légion d’Honneur et des Ordres de la Chevalerie – Hôtel de Salm
Free admission
7th district – 2 Rue de la Légion d’Honneur – Metro Solférino - Musée National de la Marine
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
16th district – Place du Trocadéro – Metro Trocadéro - Musée National des Arts Asiatiques – Guimet
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
16th district – 6 Place d’Iéna – Metro Iéna - Musée National Ernest Hébert
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
6th district – Hôtel de Montmorency-Bours – 85 Rue du Cherche-Midi – Metro Vaneau - Musée National Eugène Delacroix
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
6th district – 6 Rue de Furstemberg – Metro St-Germain-des-Prés - Musée National Gustave Moreau
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year long
9th district – 14 Rue de la Rochefoucauld – Metro Trinité - Musée National Jean-Jacques Henner
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
17th district – 43 Avenue de Villiers – Metro Malesherbes - Musée Rodin
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month all year-round
7th district – 79 Rue de Varenne – Metro Varenne - Musée Zadkine
Free admission to permanent exhibitions except during temporary exhibitions
6th district – 100bis Rue d’Assas – Metro Notre-Dame-des-Champs - Pantheon
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month from November 1st to March 31st
5th district – Place du Panthéon – Metro Cardinal Lemoine – RER Luxembourg - Sainte Chapelle
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month from November 1st to March 31st
1st district – 4 Boulevard du Palais – Metro Cité - Sèvres – Cité de la Céramique
Free admission for under 26 to permanent exhibitions all year-round
Everyone on the 1st Sunday of the month, all year-round
Place de la Manufacture – Metro Pont de Sèvres - Théâtre-Musée des Capucines – Fragonard
Free admission
2nd district – 39 Rue des Capucines – Metro Opéra
Paris museums are great places to visit on rainy days.
