Free museums and monuments in Paris

List of cultural sites with free admission for the public.

There are many, many museums and monuments in Paris and the Paris region, with extraordinary cultural and artistic treasures: the Louvre, Centre Pompidou, quai Branly - Jacques Chirac and the Musée d’Orsay.

Several of these exceptional venues can be visited free of cost at specific times on particular days. For example, the permanent collections at the Musée de la Vie romantique and the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris offer free entry all year round. In fact, all of theeleven City of Paris museums offer year-round free admission.

Other museums offer free entry on the first Sunday of each month, including the Musée d’Art Moderne, the Pompidou Centre and the Musée d’Orsay.

Some museums, like the Louvre (for residents of European Economic Area countries), the Conciergerie and the Sainte Chapelle, are free all year round for people under 26.

See the full list of free-entry museums and monuments in Paris and Ile-de-France below.

Free every day, all year round

Free permanent collections

11 avenue du Président Wilson, Paris 16th - Metro Iéna

  • Maison de Balzac (free admission to the collections, except during temporary exhibition periods)

47 rue Raynouard, Paris 16th - Metro Passy

  • Musée Bourdelle (free admission to only a part of the collections during exhibitions)

16 rue Antoine Bourdelle, Paris 15th - Metro Montparnasse - Bienvenüe

23 rue de Sévigné, Paris 3rd - Metro Saint-Paul Chemin Vert

7 avenue Velasquez, Paris 8th - Metro Villiers

  • Musée Cognacq-Jay (free admission to only a part of the collections during exhibitions)

Hôtel Donon - 8 rue Elzévir, Paris 3th - Metro Saint-Paul

Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris 8th - Metro Champs-Elysées - Clemenceau

Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée - 6 place des Vosges, Paris 4th - Metro Bastille

16, rue Chaptal, Paris 9th - Metro Pigalle

Free entry

2 rue de la Légion d'honneur, Paris 7th - Metro Solférino

10 rue Mabillon, Paris 6th - Metro Saint-Germain-des-Prés

11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5th - Metro Cardinal Lemoine / Place Monge

3-5 square de l'Opéra Louis-Jouvet, Paris 9th - Metro Opéra

Hôtel de Police du Ve arrondissement - 4 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, Paris 5th - Metro Maubert - Mutualité

47 rue Monge, Paris 5th - Metro Cardinal Lemoine

Place Georges Pompidou / Rue Saint Martin, Paris 4th - Metro Rambuteau

Place Hannah Arendt, angle des rues des Alouettes et Carducci, Paris 19th - Metro Buttes-Chaumont Jourdain

  • Musée Zadkine (free admission to the collections, except during temporary exhibition periods)

100 bis rue d'Assas, Paris 6th - Metro Notre-Dame-des-Champs

17 rue Geoffroy l'Asnier, Paris 4th - Metro Saint-Paul

59 avenue Foch, Paris 16th - Metro Porte Dauphine

28 place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th - Metro Madeleine

Free on 1st Sunday of the month, all year round

In Paris:

Place Georges Pompidou, Paris 4th - Metro Hôtel de Ville / Châtelet - Les Halles

60 rue Réaumur, Paris 3rd - Metro Arts et Métiers

Hôtel de Mongelas - 62 rue des Archives, Paris 3rd - Metro Hôtel de Ville / Châtelet - Les Halles

6 rue de Furstenberg, Paris 6th - Metro Saint-Germain-des-Prés / Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame

14 rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris 9th - Metro Trinité

43 avenue de Villiers, Paris 17th - Metro Malesherbes

6 place Paul Painlevé, Paris 5th - Metro Cluny - La Sorbonne / Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame

Jardin des Tuileries, Paris 1st - Metro Concorde

1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur, Paris 7th - Metro Solférino / Musée d'Orsay

Hôtel Salé - 5 rue de Thorigny, Paris 3rd - Metro Saint-Paul / Châtelet - Les Halles

Palais de Chaillot - 1 place du Trocadéro et du 11 novembre, Paris 16th - Metro Trocadéro / Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel

293 avenue Daumesnil, Paris 12th - Metro Porte Dorée

37 quai Jacques Chirac Portail Debilly, Paris 7th - Metro Alma - Marceau / Pont de l'Alma

6 place d'Iéna, Paris 16th - Metro Iéna

In Ile-de-France:

Place Charles de Gaulle, 78 - RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye

28 avenue André-Morizet, 92 - Metro Marcel Sembat

Place du Général de Gaulle, 60

Place du général Leclerc, 02

Route des Granges, 78 - RER Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse

Avenue du Château, 92 - RER Rueil Malmaison

Place de la Manufacture, 92 - Pont de Sèvres

Château d'Ecouen, 95 - Garges - Sarcelles

2 bis rue Maurice Denis, 78 - RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye

16 rue Auguste Gervais, 92 - Metro Mairie d'Issy

Place de la Libération, 94 400 Vitry-sur-Seine

Aéroport le Bourget, 93 - RER Le Bourget

Free on 1st Sunday of the month, from 1st October to 31 March

79 rue de Varenne, Paris 7th - Metro Varenne / Invalides

19 avenue Auguste Rodin, 92 - Metro Mairie d’Issy

Free on 1st Sunday of the month, from 1st November to 31 March inclusive

In Paris:

  • Arc de Triomphe (free admission suspended in November 2020 to regulate the number of visitors)

Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris 8th - Metro Charles de Gaulle - Etoile

  • Conciergerie (free admission suspended in November 2020 to regulate the number of visitors)

2 boulevard du Palais, Paris 1st - Metro Cité / Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame

  • Panthéon (free admission suspended in November 2020 to regulate the number of visitors)

Place du Panthéon, Paris 5th - Metro Cardinal Lemoine / Luxembourg

  • Sainte-Chapelle (free admission suspended in November 2020 to regulate the number of visitors)

4 boulevard du Palais, Paris 1st - Metro Châtelet / Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame

In Ile-de-France:

1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 93 - Metro Basilique de Saint-Denis

Rue Viollet-Le-Duc, 60

Avenue de Paris, 94 - Château de Vincennes

78 - RER Versailles - Rive Gauche

  • Villa Savoye (free admission suspended in November 2020 to regulate the number of visitors)

82 rue de Villiers, 78 - RER Poissy

2 avenue Carnot, 78 - RER Maisons-Laffitte

31 rue de Paris, 77 - RER Noisiel

Free on 1st Sunday of the month, from 1st November to 31 May inclusive

In Ile-de-France:

14 avenue Gambetta, 92 - SNCF Sèvres - Ville d’Avray

78 - SNCF Rambouillet

Free admission for under 26-year-olds and teachers

Free admission to the permanent collections of the national museums and monuments for young people under 26-years-old from one of the 28 European Union countries and teachers working in public primary and secondary schools in France.

In Paris :

  • Musée du Louvre (also free for all on the 1st Friday of the month from 6pm to 9.45pm, except in July and August)

Paris 1st - Metro Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre

43 avenue de Villiers, Paris 17th - Metro Malesherbes

6 rue de Furstenberg, Paris 6th - Metro Saint-Germain-des-Prés / Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame

14 rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris 9th - Metro Trinité

79 rue de Varenne, Paris 7th - Metro Varenne / Invalides

1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur, Paris 7th - Metro Solférino / Musée d'Orsay

6 place d'Iéna, Paris 16th - Metro Iéna

37 quai Jacques Chirac Portail Debilly, Paris 7th - Metro Alma - Marceau / Pont de l'Alma

Palais de Chaillot - 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 novembre, Paris 16th - Metro Trocadéro / Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel

293 avenue Daumesnil, Paris 12th - Metro Porte Dorée

6 place Paul Painlevé, Paris 5th - Metro Cluny - La Sorbonne / Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame

Jardin des Tuileries, Paris 1st - Metro Concorde

Hôtel Salé - 5 rue de Thorigny, Paris 3rd - Metro Saint-Paul / Châtelet - Les Halles

Place Georges Pompidou, Paris 4th - Metro Hôtel de Ville / Châtelet - Les Halles

Esplanade des Invalides, Paris 7th - Metro Invalides

  • Les Arts Décoratifs (permanent collections and temporary exhibitions other than those in the Nave)

107 rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st - Metro Tuileries

63 rue de Monceau, Paris 8th - Metro Villiers

60 rue Réaumur, Paris 3rd - Metro Arts et Métiers

17 place du Trocadéro, Paris 16th - Metro Trocadéro

34 boulevard de Vaugirard, Paris 15th - Metro Montparnasse - Bienvenüe

221 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris 19th - Metro Porte de Pantin

Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris 8th - Metro Charles de Gaulle - Etoile

Square Louis XVI - 29 rue Pasquier, Paris 8th - Metro Saint-Augustin

2 boulevard du Palais, Paris 1st - Metro Cité / Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame

Place du Panthéon, Paris 5th - Metro Cardinal Lemoine / Luxembourg

4 boulevard du Palais, Paris 1st - Metro Châtelet / Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame

129 rue de Grenelle, Paris 7th - Metro La Tour-Maubourg

71 rue du Temple, Paris 3rd - Metro Hôtel de Ville

36 rue Geoffroy Saint Hilaire - Paris 5th - Metro Jussieu

1 rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, Paris 5th - Metro Jussieu

In Ile-de-France:

7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94 - Metro École vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort

77 - SNCF Fontainebleau - Avon

Place Charles de Gaulle, 78 - RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Château d'Ecouen, 95 - Garges - Sarcelles

Avenue du Château, 92 - RER Rueil Malmaison

Route des Granges, 78 - RER Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse

Place de la Manufacture, 92 - Pont de Sèvres

31 rue de Paris, 77 - RER Noisiel

1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 93 - Metro Basilique de Saint-Denis

82 rue de Villiers, 78 - RER Poissy

78 - SNCF Rambouillet

78 - RER Versailles - Rive Gauche

Avenue de Paris, 94 - Château de Vincennes

2 avenue Carnot, 78 - RER Maisons-Laffitte

14 avenue Gambetta, 92 - SNCF Sèvres - Ville d’Avray

Place du Général de Gaulle, 60

2 bis rue Maurice Denis, 78 - RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Rue Viollet-Le-Duc, 60

19 avenue Auguste Rodin, 92 - Metro Mairie d’Issy

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