Which museums are open today in Paris?
Today's museums come first, then the rest of the week. Many museums close on Monday, so check the day below.
Monday Today
- Musée du Louvre · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €22 (EEA) / €32 (non-EEA)
The world's most visited museum: Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and 33,000 more works. - Hôtel des Invalides · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €17
Army Museum and the Dôme church holding Napoleon’s tomb, in the former soldiers’ hospital. - Musée de l'Orangerie · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €12.50
Monet's eight huge Water Lilies panels in two oval rooms, plus Cézanne, Renoir and Picasso downstairs. - Grande Galerie de l'Évolution · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10; reduced €7; under 26 free
Natural history museum in a glass-and-iron hall: a parade of stuffed animals and giant whale skeletons. - Choco-Story Paris · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €18; children 3–11 €9; workshop €50
Chocolate museum on three floors with tastings, a live demonstration and a hands-on workshop option.
Closed this day: Musée d’Orsay, Musée Carnavalet, Musée Rodin, Grand Palais, Catacombs of Paris, Musée Picasso, Musée de Cluny, Petit Palais, Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Tuesday Today
- Musée d’Orsay · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Degas in a former Belle Époque railway station. - Musée Carnavalet · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
The history of Paris from prehistory to today, in two Renaissance mansions in the Marais. - Hôtel des Invalides · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €17
Army Museum and the Dôme church holding Napoleon’s tomb, in the former soldiers’ hospital. - Musée Rodin · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:30 · €14
The Thinker and the Gates of Hell in a mansion and sculpture garden. - Grand Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–19:30 · €19 (Cézanne exhibition)
A 1900 glass-and-iron palace for big exhibitions and events; the building itself is a sight. - Catacombs of Paris · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:45–20:30 · €31; reduced €25; ages 8–17 €15
Underground ossuary tunnels holding the bones of six million Parisians, 20 m below Denfert-Rochereau. - Musée Picasso · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
The world's largest Picasso collection, in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century Marais mansion. - Musée de Cluny · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 09:30–18:15 · €12
Medieval art in Roman baths and a 15th-century mansion, home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. - Petit Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
Fine-arts museum of the City of Paris in a Belle Époque palace with a lovely garden café. - Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €15; Cité des enfants extra
Europe's biggest science museum in La Villette: hands-on exhibitions, a planetarium and the Argonaute submarine. - Choco-Story Paris · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €18; children 3–11 €9; workshop €50
Chocolate museum on three floors with tastings, a live demonstration and a hands-on workshop option.
Closed this day: Musée du Louvre, Musée de l'Orangerie, Grande Galerie de l'Évolution
Wednesday Today
- Musée du Louvre · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–21:00 · €22 (EEA) / €32 (non-EEA)
The world's most visited museum: Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and 33,000 more works. - Musée d’Orsay · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Degas in a former Belle Époque railway station. - Musée Carnavalet · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
The history of Paris from prehistory to today, in two Renaissance mansions in the Marais. - Hôtel des Invalides · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €17
Army Museum and the Dôme church holding Napoleon’s tomb, in the former soldiers’ hospital. - Musée Rodin · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:30 · €14
The Thinker and the Gates of Hell in a mansion and sculpture garden. - Grand Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–19:30 · €19 (Cézanne exhibition)
A 1900 glass-and-iron palace for big exhibitions and events; the building itself is a sight. - Catacombs of Paris · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:45–20:30 · €31; reduced €25; ages 8–17 €15
Underground ossuary tunnels holding the bones of six million Parisians, 20 m below Denfert-Rochereau. - Musée de l'Orangerie · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €12.50
Monet's eight huge Water Lilies panels in two oval rooms, plus Cézanne, Renoir and Picasso downstairs. - Musée Picasso · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
The world's largest Picasso collection, in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century Marais mansion. - Musée de Cluny · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 09:30–18:15 · €12
Medieval art in Roman baths and a 15th-century mansion, home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. - Petit Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
Fine-arts museum of the City of Paris in a Belle Époque palace with a lovely garden café. - Grande Galerie de l'Évolution · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10; reduced €7; under 26 free
Natural history museum in a glass-and-iron hall: a parade of stuffed animals and giant whale skeletons. - Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €15; Cité des enfants extra
Europe's biggest science museum in La Villette: hands-on exhibitions, a planetarium and the Argonaute submarine. - Choco-Story Paris · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €18; children 3–11 €9; workshop €50
Chocolate museum on three floors with tastings, a live demonstration and a hands-on workshop option.
Thursday Today
- Musée du Louvre · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €22 (EEA) / €32 (non-EEA)
The world's most visited museum: Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and 33,000 more works. - Musée d’Orsay · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:30–21:45 · €16
Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Degas in a former Belle Époque railway station. - Musée Carnavalet · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
The history of Paris from prehistory to today, in two Renaissance mansions in the Marais. - Hôtel des Invalides · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €17
Army Museum and the Dôme church holding Napoleon’s tomb, in the former soldiers’ hospital. - Musée Rodin · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:30 · €14
The Thinker and the Gates of Hell in a mansion and sculpture garden. - Grand Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–19:30 · €19 (Cézanne exhibition)
A 1900 glass-and-iron palace for big exhibitions and events; the building itself is a sight. - Catacombs of Paris · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:45–20:30 · €31; reduced €25; ages 8–17 €15
Underground ossuary tunnels holding the bones of six million Parisians, 20 m below Denfert-Rochereau. - Musée de l'Orangerie · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €12.50
Monet's eight huge Water Lilies panels in two oval rooms, plus Cézanne, Renoir and Picasso downstairs. - Musée Picasso · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
The world's largest Picasso collection, in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century Marais mansion. - Musée de Cluny · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 09:30–18:15 · €12
Medieval art in Roman baths and a 15th-century mansion, home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. - Petit Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
Fine-arts museum of the City of Paris in a Belle Époque palace with a lovely garden café. - Grande Galerie de l'Évolution · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10; reduced €7; under 26 free
Natural history museum in a glass-and-iron hall: a parade of stuffed animals and giant whale skeletons. - Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €15; Cité des enfants extra
Europe's biggest science museum in La Villette: hands-on exhibitions, a planetarium and the Argonaute submarine. - Choco-Story Paris · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €18; children 3–11 €9; workshop €50
Chocolate museum on three floors with tastings, a live demonstration and a hands-on workshop option.
Friday Today
- Musée du Louvre · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–21:00 · €22 (EEA) / €32 (non-EEA)
The world's most visited museum: Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and 33,000 more works. - Musée d’Orsay · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Degas in a former Belle Époque railway station. - Musée Carnavalet · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
The history of Paris from prehistory to today, in two Renaissance mansions in the Marais. - Hôtel des Invalides · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €17
Army Museum and the Dôme church holding Napoleon’s tomb, in the former soldiers’ hospital. - Musée Rodin · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:30 · €14
The Thinker and the Gates of Hell in a mansion and sculpture garden. - Grand Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–22:00 · €19 (Cézanne exhibition)
A 1900 glass-and-iron palace for big exhibitions and events; the building itself is a sight. - Catacombs of Paris · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:45–20:30 · €31; reduced €25; ages 8–17 €15
Underground ossuary tunnels holding the bones of six million Parisians, 20 m below Denfert-Rochereau. - Musée de l'Orangerie · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €12.50
Monet's eight huge Water Lilies panels in two oval rooms, plus Cézanne, Renoir and Picasso downstairs. - Musée Picasso · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
The world's largest Picasso collection, in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century Marais mansion. - Musée de Cluny · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 09:30–18:15 · €12
Medieval art in Roman baths and a 15th-century mansion, home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. - Petit Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
Fine-arts museum of the City of Paris in a Belle Époque palace with a lovely garden café. - Grande Galerie de l'Évolution · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10; reduced €7; under 26 free
Natural history museum in a glass-and-iron hall: a parade of stuffed animals and giant whale skeletons. - Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €15; Cité des enfants extra
Europe's biggest science museum in La Villette: hands-on exhibitions, a planetarium and the Argonaute submarine. - Choco-Story Paris · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €18; children 3–11 €9; workshop €50
Chocolate museum on three floors with tastings, a live demonstration and a hands-on workshop option.
Saturday Today
- Musée du Louvre · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €22 (EEA) / €32 (non-EEA)
The world's most visited museum: Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and 33,000 more works. - Musée d’Orsay · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Degas in a former Belle Époque railway station. - Musée Carnavalet · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
The history of Paris from prehistory to today, in two Renaissance mansions in the Marais. - Hôtel des Invalides · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €17
Army Museum and the Dôme church holding Napoleon’s tomb, in the former soldiers’ hospital. - Musée Rodin · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:30 · €14
The Thinker and the Gates of Hell in a mansion and sculpture garden. - Grand Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–19:30 · €19 (Cézanne exhibition)
A 1900 glass-and-iron palace for big exhibitions and events; the building itself is a sight. - Catacombs of Paris · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:45–20:30 · €31; reduced €25; ages 8–17 €15
Underground ossuary tunnels holding the bones of six million Parisians, 20 m below Denfert-Rochereau. - Musée de l'Orangerie · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €12.50
Monet's eight huge Water Lilies panels in two oval rooms, plus Cézanne, Renoir and Picasso downstairs. - Musée Picasso · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
The world's largest Picasso collection, in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century Marais mansion. - Musée de Cluny · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 09:30–18:15 · €12
Medieval art in Roman baths and a 15th-century mansion, home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. - Petit Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
Fine-arts museum of the City of Paris in a Belle Époque palace with a lovely garden café. - Grande Galerie de l'Évolution · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10; reduced €7; under 26 free
Natural history museum in a glass-and-iron hall: a parade of stuffed animals and giant whale skeletons. - Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €15; Cité des enfants extra
Europe's biggest science museum in La Villette: hands-on exhibitions, a planetarium and the Argonaute submarine. - Choco-Story Paris · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €18; children 3–11 €9; workshop €50
Chocolate museum on three floors with tastings, a live demonstration and a hands-on workshop option.
Sunday Today
- Musée du Louvre · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €22 (EEA) / €32 (non-EEA)
The world's most visited museum: Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and 33,000 more works. - Musée d’Orsay · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Degas in a former Belle Époque railway station. - Musée Carnavalet · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
The history of Paris from prehistory to today, in two Renaissance mansions in the Marais. - Hôtel des Invalides · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €17
Army Museum and the Dôme church holding Napoleon’s tomb, in the former soldiers’ hospital. - Musée Rodin · Eiffel Tower · 🕗 10:00–18:30 · €14
The Thinker and the Gates of Hell in a mansion and sculpture garden. - Grand Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–19:30 · €19 (Cézanne exhibition)
A 1900 glass-and-iron palace for big exhibitions and events; the building itself is a sight. - Catacombs of Paris · Saint-Germain · 🕗 09:45–20:30 · €31; reduced €25; ages 8–17 €15
Underground ossuary tunnels holding the bones of six million Parisians, 20 m below Denfert-Rochereau. - Musée de l'Orangerie · Louvre & Opéra · 🕗 09:00–18:00 · €12.50
Monet's eight huge Water Lilies panels in two oval rooms, plus Cézanne, Renoir and Picasso downstairs. - Musée Picasso · Le Marais · 🕗 09:30–18:00 · €16
The world's largest Picasso collection, in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century Marais mansion. - Musée de Cluny · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 09:30–18:15 · €12
Medieval art in Roman baths and a 15th-century mansion, home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. - Petit Palais · Champs-Élysées · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · Free (temporary exhibitions extra)
Fine-arts museum of the City of Paris in a Belle Époque palace with a lovely garden café. - Grande Galerie de l'Évolution · Islands & Latin Quarter · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €10; reduced €7; under 26 free
Natural history museum in a glass-and-iron hall: a parade of stuffed animals and giant whale skeletons. - Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie · Le Marais · 🕗 10:30–19:00 · €15; Cité des enfants extra
Europe's biggest science museum in La Villette: hands-on exhibitions, a planetarium and the Argonaute submarine. - Choco-Story Paris · Le Marais · 🕗 10:00–18:00 · €18; children 3–11 €9; workshop €50
Chocolate museum on three floors with tastings, a live demonstration and a hands-on workshop option.
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