MUSEUM

Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

37 quai Jacques Chirac - 75007 Paris Tour Eiffel - Invalides

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Located on the banks of the Seine, near the Eiffel Tower, the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac exhibits 3,500 works of art from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. This important collection makes it a key place for arts for non-Western cultures.
Its original and imposing architecture was designed by Jean Nouvel. A lush wild garden makes it a pleasant and unusual place. Extend your visit with a meal at the Les Ombres restaurant with its panoramic view, or with a snack at Café Jacques. More than a museum, this is a lively hub, and is one of Paris's four largest museums.

Gratuité accordée à la personne handicapée et à son accompagnateur sur présentation d'un justificatif. Réduction pour les visites guidées.

Free entry on the first Sunday of every month.
Free for under 26s from countries within the European Union as well as primary and secondary school teachers (except temporary exhibitions).
Free for the disabled and an accompanying person, as well as job seekers, journalists and those receiving French state benefits.
See complete list on the museum’s website.

Temporary exhibitions are free for under 18s.

1hr30 tour: €8/€6 (concessions).
1hr tour: €6/€4 (concessions).

Combined ticket (Permanent collections + temporary exhibitions): €12/€9 (concessions)

Up to 25 people. Booking is necessary.

Thursday till 10pm.

Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:30am to 7pm. The museum is open on Mondays during school holidays (all areas), including holiday Mondays.

Closings

Monday

Services

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€5 per person.
Free for disabled people and an accompanying person.
€3 for mp3 download.
Audio guide or videoguide in sign language: €5 (concessions €3)

Workshops for children (up to 18yrs) and adults.
Family workshops from 3yrs; storytelling tours, family guided tours; booklets with games to download; birthday workshops. Various activities are organized.

The Café Jacques is situated in the garden. Tel.: +33 (0)1 47 53 68 01
Les Ombres is a gourmet restaurant with terrace and view of the Eiffel Tower. Tel.: +33 (0)1 47 53 68 00 or visit the website www.lesombres-restaurant.com

Sustainable approach

Participate in the Sustainable Development programme

Handicap

Offer adapted to disabled people

Hearing impairment

Mental

Physical

Visual

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Physical disability:
- All areas of the museum are accessible for wheelchair users
- Almost all cultural activities (visits, workshops, talks, shows, ...) are accessible.
- The address 222 rue de l’Université, with a lift, is the recommended entrance.
- Car park at the museum (not free) with many equipped spaces.
- For the easily fatigued, it is advisable to access the museum through the administrative entrance on rue de l'Université, which avoids going through the door.
- Reserved places for wheelchair users in the cinema and in the Claude Lévi-Strauss theatre.
- Wheelchairs, cane seats and walkers are on loan in the cloakroom for people those with mobility issues.

Visual impairment:
- Descriptive and tactile guided tours (2 per semester) and narrated tours through the Plateau of collections, or in the exhibitions.
- Music or dance workshops
- Sessions of "Shared readings in the dark" or "Exploring a work of art in the dark" (tactile discovery of an object from the collections) in the Reading Room.
- The Tactile Exploration Guide: a tactile trail of discovery of 7 objects from the collections (with tactile notebook, accompanying text in large print and Braille, audio guide).
- The audioguided trail of "La Rivière", located in the centre of the collections area, combining tactile and sound devices as well as directions on how to get about.
- Audio guides are available free of charge at the reception desk.
- Magnifiers, binoculars and flashlights can be picked up from the cloakroom.
- Tactile and sound based model of the museum at the reception desk and tactile maps over the course of the visit.
- Told or tactile visits through the collection area or in the exhibitions are offered (tactile and sound devices with audio guide).
- The Jacques Kerchache Reading Room and the museum's media library offer adapted computer equipment.
- Someone available who accompanies a guided tour and quietly describes the visual elements necessary for comprehension.

Hearing Impairment:
- Each semester programmes:
¤ 2 guided tours in french sign language
¤ 2 guided lip-reading tours based on French sign language
¤ Events at the Jacques Kerchache Reading Room
- For the museum's permanent collections, subtitled video guides in French sign language are available.
- At the beginning of each exhibition at Galerie Jardin and on the West mezzanine, an introductory video in French sign language presents the general purpose and main points of the exhibition.
- The iPad application "Quai Branly Experts", for all children, in French sign language, with sound and subtitles, is available on loan free of charge at the reception desk in the museum hall.
- Sign language spoken by museum staff.

Mental disability:
- The museum offers adapted guided tours (2 per semester) and storytelling tours in the museum collections and exhibitions.
- All workshops are accessible to people with mental disabilities.
- The iPad application "Quai Branly Experts", designed for all children, is available on loan free of charge at the reception desk in the museum hall.
- Some parts of the museum are dark. Flashlights can be borrowed free of charge from the cloakroom.

Contact information:
+ 33 (0)1 56 61 70 00 / [email protected]
Bookings:
+ 33 (0)1 56 61 71 72 / [email protected]

This place was tested and approved in 2015 by 'Paris by wheelchair': https://www.facebook.com/parisenfauteuilroulant/