On this 2nd page, Paris museums and monuments
from the Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération to
the Musée Zadkine, including nine museums in the
Paris region.
On the 1st page,
Paris museums and monuments from the Arc de Triomphe to the
Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc Hauteclocque et
de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean
Moulin.
Musée de l'Ordre de
la Libération
InfoTel:– 01 44 42 48 14 – Fax: 01 44 42 30
88
North entry: via the esplanade des Invalides
South entry: via the place Vauban
129. Rue de Grenelle – Paris 7
Métro: Latour–Maubourg, Invalides, Saint
François–Xavier, Varenne
RER: line 'C' Invalides
Bus: lines 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93
Open: daily, October to March from 10:00 to 17:00
Open: daily, April to September from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: 1st Monday in month, and 1. January, 1. May, 1.
November and 25. December
Tariff: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros up to 26 years and
over 60 Free: under age 12
A single ticket is valuable for entry to the Musée
de l'Armée, to the Tombeau de Napoléon Ier,
to temporary exhibitions, to the Musée des
Plans–Reliefs and to the Musée de l'Ordre de
la Libération.
Musée du
Louvre
InfoTel:– 01 40 20 50 50 – Fax: 01 40 20 54
42
Auto reply: in 5 languages: 01 40 20 51 51
Place du Palais–Royal – Paris 1
Main entry: through the Pyramid – 9:00 to
22:00
Enter: from the Place Palais–Royal, through to the
Pyramid, from 9:00 to 18:00
Enter: from the Galerie Carrousel, 99. Rue de Rivoli, from
9:00 to 22:00
Métro: Palais–Royal–Musée du
Louvre
Bus: lines 21, 27, 29, 39, 48, 69, 72, 81, 95
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 9:00 to 18:00, Wednesday and Friday to 21:45
Closed: Tuesday and some holidays
Tariff: 8.50 euros from 9:00 to 18:00, 6.00 euros from
18:00 to 21:45
Tariff: reduced after 18:00 and Sunday, free under age 18
Free: 1st Sunday of the month and 14. July
Entry: to Musée Eugène–Delacroix on
same day is included
Ancient home of French kings now houses collections from
Eyyptian history to 1848, including the Louvre's own
history.
Musée du
Luxembourg
InfoTel:– 01 42 34 25 95 – Fax : 01 45 44 57
33
19. Rue de Vaugirard – Paris 6
Métro: Saint–Sulpice, RER 'B' Luxembourg
Bus: 38, 84, 58, 89
Open: Monday, Friday, Weekends from 11:00 to 22:00
Open: Wednesday and Thursday from 11:00 to 19:00
Open: 1. and 11. November, 25. December, 1. January, 11:00
to 19:00
Closed: Tuesday
Tariff: 9.00 euros, reduced 6.00 euros, free under age 8
Temporary exhibitions in the Senat's museum
Musée Maillol
– Fondation Dina Vierny
InfoTel:– 01 42 22 59 58
59–61. Rue de Grenelle – Paris 7
Métro: Rue du Bac
Bus: lines 63, 69, 84, 94
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 11:00 to 18:00
Closed: Tuesday and holidays
Tariff: 8.00 euros, reduced 6.00 euros, free under age 16
Contains the Maillol and Dina Vierny collections
Musée de la
Marine
InfoTel:– 01 53 65 69 53
17. Place du Trocadéro – Paris 16
Métro: Trocadéro
Bus: lines 22, 30, 32, 63
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Tuesday, 1. May, 25. December and 1. January
Tariff: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.40 euros, free under age 6
France's marine museum
Musée
Marmottan–Monet
InfoTel:– 01 44 96 50 33
2. Rue Louis–Boilly – Paris 16
Métro: La Muette
Bus: lines 22, 32, 52
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 6.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, free under age 8
Collection by the impressionist Claude Monet
Musée de la Mode et du
Textile – Same
address: Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the
Musée de la Publicité
InfoTel:– 0144 55 57 50 – Fax: 01 44 55 57
84
105–107. Rue de Rivoli – Paris 1
Access for the disabled via a lift at 105, rue de
Rivoli
Métro: Palais-Royal, Tuileries, Pyramides
Bus: lines 21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 72, 81, 95
Open: Tuesday to Friday, from 11:00 to 18:00 , Wednesday
to 21:00
Open: Weekends, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and national holidays.
Tariff: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros for ages 18-25,
free under age 18
Creations by the 20th century's top clothing
designers
Musée de la
Monnaie
InfoTel:– 01 40 46 55 35
11. Quai Conti – Paris 6
Métro: Pont-Neuf
Bus: lines 24, 27
Open: Tuesday to Friday, from 11:00 to 17:30, Weekends from
12:00
Closed: Monday
Visits by reservation, Wednesday and Friday at 14:15
Tariff: 8.00 euros, reduced 6.00 euros, free under age 16
France's money, from the Renaissance until today
Musée de
Montmartre
InfoTel:– 01 49 25 89 37
12. Rue Cortot – Paris 18
Métro: Lamarck–Caulaincourt or Abbesses
Bus: lines 80 and Montmartrobus
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30
to 18:00
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 5.50 euros, reduced 3.50 euros
Features artists who lived on Montmartre
Musée du
Montparnasse
InfoTel:– 01 42 22 91 96
21. Avenue du Maine – Paris 15
Métro: Montparnasse
Bus: lines 82, 92, 94, 95, 96
Open: only during temporary exhibitions
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 12:30 to 19:00
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 5.00 euros, reduced 4.00 euros
Features the Montparnasse school of art
Musée Gustave
Moreau
InfoTel:– 01 48 74 38 50 – Fax: 01 48 74 18
71
14. Rue La Rochefoucauld – Paris 9
Métro: Trinité
Bus: 32, 42, 43, 81, 89
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 10:00 to 12:45, and from
14:00 to 17:15
Closed: Tuesday
Tariff: 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros for ages
18-26, Free: under age 18, and 1st Sunday in
month
Contains the major works by Gustave Moreau
Musée du Moyen
Age – Thermes de Cluny
InfoTel:– 01 53 73 78 16 – Fax: 01 43 25 85
27
6. Place Paul Painlevé – Paris 5
Métro: Saint-Michel or Cluny-la-Sorbonne
RER: 'C' Saint–Michel or RER 'B' Cluny–La
Sorbonne
Bus: lines 21, 27, 38, 63, 85, 86, 87
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 9:15 to 17:45
Closed: Tuesday
Tarif: 6.70 euros, reduced 5.20 euros, reduced for all on
Sunday Free: under age 18, and 1st Sunday of
month
The museum is composed of two remarkable buildings: the
Thermes Gallo–Roman (thermal baths, Ist–3rd
centuries) and the Hôtel des Abbés de Cluny
(Mansion of the Abbots of Cluny,15th century). The museum
houses a splendid collection covering the entire range of
medieval art (Kings of Judah heads, Notre–Dame de
Paris; the tapestry of the Dame à la Licorne (Lady
with Unicorn tapestry), stained–glass windows from
the 15th to the end of the 17th century, fabrics,
furniture
Musée de la
Musique
InfoTel:– 01 44 84 45 00
221. Avenue Jean–Jaurès – Paris 19
Métro: Porte de Pantin
Bus: lines 75, PC2, PC3
Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00, Sunday from
10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 6.50 euros, reduced 5.20 euros, 3.20 euros under
age 18 Free: under age 18 for the permanent
collection
Music from the Renaissance to the 19th century, 900
instruments
Musée
Nissim De Camondo
InfoTel:– 01 53 89 06 50
63. Rue de Monceau – Paris 17
Métro: Villiers
Bus: lines 30, 94
Open: Wednesday to Sunday, from 11:00 to 17:00
Closed: Monday and Tuesday
Tariff: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros
18th century objects and furniture in a 19th century
townhouse
Notre Dame de
Paris
InfoTel:– 01 42 34 56 10
6; Place du Parvis–de–Notre–Dame –
Paris 4
Métro: Cité, Saint–Michel
Bus: lines 21, 24, 38, 47, 85, 96
Open: Monday to Saturday, from 8:00 to 18:45, Sunday 8:00
to 19:45 Towers: October to March, from 10:00 to 17:30, April
to June from 9:30 to 19:30, July and August from 9:00 to
19:30 and to 23:00 on weekends,
September from 9:30 to 19:30
Tariff: 6.10 euros, reduced 4.10 euros Free: under age 18, 1st Sunday in month
and from October to March Musée de Notre–Dame
InfoTel:– 01 43 25 42 92
10. Rue du Cloître Notre–Dame – Paris
4
Open: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and some holidays, from
14:30 to 18:00
Closed: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Tariff: 2.50 euros, reduced 1.50 euros
History of the cathedral
Musée de
l'Opéra, Bibliothèque – Palais
Garnier
InfoTel:– 01 47 42 07 02
Place de l'Opéra – Paris 9
Métro: Opéra, Chaussée–d'Antin,
and RER 'A' Auber
Bus: lines 20, 21, 22, 27, 29, 42, 52, 53, 66, 68, 81, 89,
95
Open: Museum – daily from 10:00 to 17:00, except for
matinée performances
Open: Library – Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to
17:00
Tariff: 6.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros – inluded for
Opéra visit
In addition to the 19th century theatre architecture, there
is also the museum of the Opéra and its
library.
Musée de
l'Orangerie InfoTel:– 01 42 97 48 16 –
Fax: 01 42 61 30 82
Jardin des Tuileries – Paris 1
Métro: Concorde
Closed: for renovations
Musée
d'Orsay
InfoTel:– 01 40 49 48 14
Entrée Musée et expositions par le
parvis,
1. Rue de la Légion d'Honneur – Paris 7
Métro: Solférino or RER C Musée
d'Orsay
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00, Sunday from
9:00 to 18:00, Thursday until
21:45
Closed: Monday, and 25. December
Tariff: 7.00 euros, redeuced 5.00 euros, free under age 18
Tariff: 5.00 euros on Sundays after 16:15 and Thursdays
after 20:00
Built inside the former Orsay train station, the museum
displays a series of collections featuring artistic works
from the second half of the 19th century in the fields of
painting, sculpture, architecture, city planning,
decorative arts, and photography.
Palais de le Porte
Dorée - Aquarium
InfoTel:– 01 44 74 84 80 – Fax: 01 43 43 27
53
293. Avenue Daumesnil – Paris 12
Métro: Porte–Dorée
Bus: 46 and PC
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 10:00 to 17:15
Closed: Tuesday
Tariff: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros
5000 species in the tropical aguarium in Art Déco
building
Palais de Tokyo
– Centre d'Art Contemporain
InfoTel:– 01 47 23 38 86
13. Avenue du Président–Wilson – Paris
16
Métro: Alma–Marceau or Iéna
Bus: lines 32, 42, 63, 72, 92
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 12:00 to
midnight
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.00 euros
Today's art, video, installations
Panthéon
InfoTel:– 01 44 32 18 00
Place du Panthéon – Paris 5
Métro: RER 'B' Luxembourg
Bus: lines 21, 27, 38, 84, 89
Open: daily, from 10:00 to 17:45, in winter to 17:15
Tariff: 7.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros Free: under age 18, 1st Sunday in month,
October to March
'Nécropole' of France's greats
Pavillon
des Arts
InfoTel:– 01 42 33 82 50 - Fax: 40 28 93 22
101. Rue Rambuteau – Paris 1
Métro: Châtelet–Les Halles
Bus: 29, 38, 47
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 11:30 to 18:30
Closed: Monday and holidays
Tariff: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, free under age 14
Open for temporary exhibitions only
Musée de la
Poste
InfoTel:– 01 42 79 24 24
34. Boulevard de Vaugirard – Paris 15
Métro: Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
Bus: lines 88, 92,94, 95, 96
Open: Monday to Saturday, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Sunday and public holidays
Tariff: 5.00 euros, reduced 3.50 euros, free under age 12
Postal collection and temporary exhibitions
Patrimoine
Photographique – Hôtel de
Sully
InfoTel:– 01 42 74 47 75
62. Rue Saint Antoine – Paris 4
Métro: Saint–Paul or Bastille
Bus: lines 69, 76, 96
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:30
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 5.00 euros, reduced 2.50 euros
Open for temporary photographic exhibitions only
Pavillon de
l'Arsenal
InfoTel:– 01 42 76 33 97 – Fax: 01 42 76 26
32
21. Boulevard Morland – Paris 4
Métro: Sully–Morland or Bastille
Bus: lines 87, 86, 67
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:30 to 18:30
Open: Sunday, from 11:00 to 19:00
Closed: Monday, and on 1. January Free: permanent exhibition: 'Paris, a
Guided Visit'
Centre de la
Photographie
InfoTel:– 01 53 76 12 31
11. Rue Berryer – Paris 8
Métro: George–V
Closed definitively
Maison
Européene de la Photographie
InfoTel:– 01 44 78 75 00 – Fax: 01 44 78 75
15
5–7. Rue de Fourcy – Paris 4
Métro: Saint–Paul or Pont Marie.
Bus: lines 67, 69, 96, 76.
Open: Wednesday to Sunday, from 11:00 to
20:00
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays
Tariff: 5.00 euros, reduced 2.50 euros Free: under age 8, and on Wednesday from
17:00 to 20:00
Musée des
Plans–Reliefs
InfoTel:– 01 44 42 48 14 - Fax: 01 44 42 30 88
North entry: via the esplanade des Invalides
South entry: via the place Vauban
129. Rue de Grenelle –7 Paris 7
Métro: Latour–Maubourg, Invalides, Saint
François–Xavier, Varenne
RER: line 'C' Invalides
Bus: lines 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93
Open: daily, October to March from 10:00 to 17:00
Open: daily, April to September from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: 1st Monday in month, and 1. January, 1. May, 1.
November and 25. December
Tariff: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros for ages 18-26 and
over 60 Free: under age 18
A single ticket is valuable for entry to the Musée
de l'Armée, to the Tombeau de Napoléon Ier,
to temporary exhibitions, to the Musée des
Plans–Reliefs and to the Musée de l'Ordre de
la Libération
Musée
Picasso
InfoTel:– 01 42 71 25 21 – Fax: 01 48 04 75
46
Hôtel Salé, 5. Rue de Thorigny – Paris
3
Métro: Saint–Sébastien Froissart,
Chemin Vert or Saint–Paul
Bus: lines 29, 69, 75, 96
Open: October to April from 9:30 to 17:30
Open: April to October from 9:30 to 18:00
Closed: Tuesday, 25. December and 1. January
Tariff: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, free under age
18
Tariff special expos: 6.70 euros, reduced and Sunday 5.20
euros Free: under age 18, 1st Sunday in
month
The museum is located in a superb 18th century mansion.
Contains an important collection of works by Picasso,
including paintings, 160 sculptures, collages, relief
paintings, ceramics, prints, notebooks, as well as
primitive objets d'art, photographs, plus works by Corot,
Cézanne, le Douanier Rousseau, Matisse, Braque
– which constituted Picasso's private
collection
Centre
Pompidou
InfoTel:– 01 44 78 12 33
Place Georges–Pompidou – Paris 4
Métro: Rambuteau, Châtelet or Hôtel de
Ville
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 11:00 to 21:00,
to 23:00 on Thursday
Closed: Tuesday, and 1. May
Tariff: exhibitions from 5.00 to 9.00 euros, day pass 10.00
euros Free: under age 18
Tariff: Musée d'Art Moderne, 7.00 euros, reduced
5.00 euros
Media centre, library, graphic arts, Brancusi Atelier,
temporary exhibitions
Musée de
la Poupée
InfoTel:– 01 42 72 73 11
Impasse Berthaud, just off 22. Rue Rambuteau – Paris
3
Métro: Rambuteau
Bus: lines 29, 38, 47
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday, and public holidays
Tariff: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, 3.00 euros for ages
3-18
Permanent collection of 500 French dolls, and temporary
exhibitions
Musée de la
Publicité
InfoTel:– 01 44 55 57 50 – Fax: 01 44 55 57
84
107. Rue de Rivoli – Paris 1
Métro: Palais–Royal, Tuileries,
Pyramides
Bus: lines 21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 72, 81, 95
Open: Tuesday to Friday,11:00 to 18:00, Wednesday to 21:00
Open: Weekends from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday, and national holidays.
Tariff: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros; for ages 18-25,
free under age 18
Collection of old and modern advertising items
Musée
Rodin
InfoTel:– 01 44 18 61 10 – Fax: 01 44 18 61
30
Hôtel Biron, 77. Rue de Varenne – Paris 7
Métro: Varenne
Bus: lines 82, 92
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 9:30 to 16:45, October to
April
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 9:45 to 17:45, April to
October
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 5.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros, just garden 1
euro Free: under age 18 and 1st Sunday in
month
A comprehensive collection of works by Auguste Rodin is
presented in his mansion and in the adjoining
garden
Musée
Roland Garros
InfoTel:– 01 47 43 48 48
2. Avenue Gordon–Bennett – Paris 16
Métro: Porte d'Auteuil
Bus: lines 32, 52, PC1
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 7.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros for under age
18
Multimedia tennis museum and stadium visits
Musée de la Sculpture en
Plein Air
InfoTel:– 43 26 91 90
Quai Saint–Bernard – Paris 5
Métro: Gare d'Austerlitz
Bus: lines 24, 63, 89 Open: 24/24, free access
The garden created in 1980 on the banks of the Seine
presents sculptures from the second half of the 20th
century: Brancusi, Gilioli, César
Tombeau de
Napoléon – Saint–Louis des
Invalides
InfoTel:– 01 44 42 48 14 – Fax: 01 44 42 30
88
North entry: via the Esplanade des Invalides
South entry: via the Place Vauban – Paris 7
Métro: Latour–Maubourg, Invalides, Saint
François–Xavier, Varenne
RER: line 'C' Invalides
Bus: lines 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93
Open: daily, October to March, from 10:00 to 17:00
Open: daily, April to September, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: 1st Monday in month, and 1. January, 1. May, 1.
November and 25. December
Tariff: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros up to 26 years and
over 60
A single ticket is valuable for entry to the Musée
de l'Armée, to the Tombeau de Napoléon, to
temporary exhibitions, to the Musée des
Plans–Reliefs and to the Musée de l'Ordre de
la Libération
Tour
Eiffel
InfoTel:– 01 44 11 23 23
Champ de Mars – Paris 7
Métro: Bir–Hakeim
Bus: lines 42, 69, 82, 87
Open: daily, from 9:30 to 23:00, in
summer from 9:00 to 24:00
Tariff: 2nd stage, walk up stairs, 3.50 euros
Elevator: 1st stage, 4.00 euros, reduced 2.20 euros
Elevator: 2nd stage, 7.30 euros, reduced 4.00 euros
Elevator: 3rd stage, 10.40 euros, reduced 5.70 euros
3rd stage is 276 meters above Paris. Opened in 1889 for 10
years and still standing high
Musée
de la Vie Romantique
InfoTel:– 01 55 31 95 67 – Fax: 01 48 74 28
42
Maison Renan Scheffer, 16. Rue Chaptal – Paris
9
Métro: Saint George, Place Blanche or Pigalle
Bus: lines 67, 68, 74
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00. to 18:00.
Closed: Monday, and public holidays Free: permanent collection
Tariff for exhibitions: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.50
euros
Collection evoking the times and world of George
Sand
Musée du
Vin
InfoTel:– 01 45 25 63 26
Rue des Eaux, 5. Square Charles–Dickens – Paris
16
Métro: Passy
Bus: line 72
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 8.00 euros, includes 1 wine Free: for restaurant diners
History of French wine
Musée
Zadkine
InfoTel:– 01 55 42 77 20
100 bis, Rue d'Assas – Paris 6
Métro: Notre–Dame–des–Champs, RER
'B' Port–Royal
Bus: lines 58, 82, 83, 91
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday, and public holidays
Tariff: 4.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros Free: permanent collection
Ossip Zadkine's country house and museum
Museums in the Paris Region
Giverny
– Musée d'Art
Américain
InfoTel:– 02.32.51.94.65 – Fax 33 2 32 51 94
67
99. Rue Claude Monet – 27620 Giverny
Driving: autoroute A13 to sortie 14, direction of Vernon,
then Giverny
SNCF: by train from Gare Saint–Lazare direction
Rouen, to Vernon station
Then bus or taxis , or rent bicycles at the station
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday
Tariff: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, ages 12–18,
3.00 euros, Free: under age 12, 1st Sunday in
month
Château de
Versailles
InfoTel:– 01 30 83 77 84 – Fax: 01 30 83 77
90
78000 Versailles
RER: line 'C' to
Versailles–Rive–Gauche–Château
SNCF train: from Gare Montparnasse to
Versailles–Chantiers
SNCF train: from Gare Saint–Lazare to de
Versailles–Rive–Droite
Bus: bus line 171 from the Pont de Sévres
Métro
Open: the park, from 8:00 to 19:00, November to March from
9:00 to 17:30
Open: the Château, from 9:00 to 18:30
Open: on Wednesdays until
22:00
Closed: Monday, and certain holidays
Tariff: Château, 7.50 euros, reduced 5.30 euros, free
under age 18
Tariff: King's apartment: extra 4.50 euros Free: entry to the park
Grand and Petit Trianon: from 12:00 to 18:30, November to
March from 12:00 to 17:30
Tariff: 5.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros, free under age 18
Château
d'Ecouen
InfoTel:– 01 34 38 38 50 – Fax: 01 34 38 38
78
Château d'Ecouen – 95440 Ecouen
SNCF train: from Gare du Nord, via
Persan–Beaumont–Luzarches par Monsoult, to
Ecouen–Ezanville; Then bus 269 to Mairie
d'Ecouen
RER: 'D' via Orry la ville, to Garges Sarcelles, then bus
269 to Château d'Ecouen
Driving: 19 kms from Paris via autoroute A1, exit number 3,
on N1 to Amiens Beauvais, then on N16, direction
Chantilly
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 9:45 to 12:30, and from
14:00 to 17:15
Closed: Tuesday, and 1. January, 1. May, 25. December
Open: the park is open daily, except 1 January, 1 May, 25
December
Tariff: summer, 5.20 euros, reduced 3.80 euros for ages
18–25 and for everybody on Sunday
Tariff: winter, 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros for ages
18–25 and for everybody on Sunday
Guided tour: the castle and collections on weekends at
15:30
A remarkable selection of works of art from the 16th
century: furniture, ceramics, enamels, tapestries
(including the exceptional hanging retracing the History of
David and Bathsheba) silverware and items in gold,
paintings and armor, presented in one the most magnificent
French castles of the 16th century, the original decor of
which has been partly preserved: decorated ceilings,
painted friezes and fireplaces, ornamental
tiling.
Fontainebleau
InfoTel:– 01 60 71 50 70 – Fax: 01 60 71 50
71
77300 Fontainebleau
SNCF: from Gare de Lyon. Ask for the train–bus ticket
Fontainebleau–Avon
Driving: from Paris,take autoroute A6
Open: October to May from 9:30 to 17:00, in Summer to
18:00
Closed: Tuesday, and 1. January, 1. May, 25. December
Garden: open daily, from 9:00 to 17:00, 18:00 or
19:00
Tariff: 5.50 euros, free under age 18, and
free 1st Sunday in month
Small apartment circuit: Musée Napoléon, 3.00
euros or 2.30 euros
Eight centuries of history of the French Kings from
Saint–Louis to Napoléon III: Renaissance room,
royal suites; Museum of Napoléon the First, entirely
devoted to the Emperor and his family for the period
between 1804 and 1815, Chinese Museum and the apartments of
the Empress Eugénie (open on Sundays). The museum
also houses a splendid collection of paintings by Rosso,
Primatice, Dubois, Boucher
Magny
les Hameaux
InfoTel:– 01 39 30 72 72 – Fax: 01 30 64 79
55
Saint–Quentin–en–Yvelines – 78114
Magny–les–Hameaux
RER: 'C' to Saint–Quentin–en–Yvelines or
RER 'B' to
Saint–Rémy–les–Chevreuse
Driving: 25 km southwest from Paris
Open: March to October, from 10:30 to 18:30
Open: October to March, from10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to
17:30
Closed: Tuesday, and some public holidays
Tariff: 3.00 euros, reduced 2.30 euros
Prints, paintings, antique books and portraits retracing
the history of the Abbey of Port–Royal and the
Jansenist movement in the 17th century.
Rueil
Malmaison
InfoTel:– 01 41 29 05 55 – Fax: 01 41 29 05
56
Château de Malmaison
Avenue du Château – 92500
Rueil–Malmaison
RER: 'A' to La Défense–Grande Arche, then bus
258 to Malmaison or Bois Préau
Open: October to March, from 10:00 to 12:30, and from 13:30
to 17:15
Open: Weekends from 10:00 to 12:30, and from 13:30
17:45
Open: April to Sept, from 10:00 to 17:45
Open: Weekends from 10:00 to 18:15
Open: park, from 10:00 to 18:00, until 18:30 in
summer
Closed: Tuesday
Tariff: 4.50 euros, reduced 3.00 euros, Sundays 3.00 euros
for all Free: under age 18
Musée
des Antiquites St
Germain–en–Laye
InfoTel:– 01 39 10 13 00
Château, Place Charles de Gaulle, 78000
Saint–Germain–en–Laye
RER: line 'A' to
Saint–Germain–en–Laye
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 9:00 to 17:15
Open: Weekends, and May to October, from 10:00 to
18:15
Closed: Tuesday
Tariff: 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros, on Sunday 2.60
euros for all Free: under age 18
Archeology of France: from the first man–made tools
to the age of Charlemagne. Sections: Prehistory, the Metal
Age; the Celts, the Gallo–Romans, the Merovingians,
compared archeology.
The museum is located in the castle where François
I, Henri IV and Louis XIII lived and where Louis XIV was
born
Musée
Ceramique de Sèvres
InfoTel:– 01 41 14 04 20 – Fax : 01 45 34 67
88
Place de la Manufacture – 92310 Sèvres
Métro: Pont de Sèvres
Bus: lines 169, 171, 179, from Pont de Sèvres
Tram 2: line La Défense to
Issy–les–Mollineaux
Open: Wednesday to Monday, from 10:00 to 17:00
Closed: Tuesday, and 1. January, 1. May, 1. November, 25.
December
Tariff: 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros. All other Sundays,
tariff reduced Free: under age 18, and for all on 1st
Sunday in month
European collections of pottery from the Middle Ages to the
18th century. Islamic ceramics and European earthenware and
China from the 16th to the 20th century
Take a virtual tour here.
On the 1st page,
Paris museums and monuments from the Arc de Triomphe to the
Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc Hauteclocque et
de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean
Moulin.
