Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris

Located between the Seine and the Champs-Élysées, the Petit Palais is part of an exceptional monumental environment. Architectural jewel built by Charles Girault for the 1900 Paris Exposition with the Grand Palais and the Pont Alexandre III, the Petit Palais became in 1902 the museum of fine arts to house the rich collections of the City of Paris. The collections offer a wide artistic panorama, from Antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century. A true haven of peace, its interior garden welcomes visitors and allows them to take a pleasant break.

Physical disability:
- step-free entrance on the ground floor, to the right of the facade staircase.
- all areas of the museum are accessible.
- adapted toilets and lifts.

Visual impairment:
- tactile and multi-sensory visits for adults, young people and children: 'The Petit Palais with your eyes shut', 'Painting with your eyes shut', 'Touching sculptures', 'My first museum visit', 'From faces to portraits', 'The 5 Senses'.
- spoken visits for adults, young people and children: 'Stories of the Petit Palais' (adults and young people), literary visits in current exhibitions.
- mixed visits for sighted and visually-impaired visitors: 'Paintings to (not) see', 'I don't see it!'.
- resources in braille available at the welcome desk.

Hearing impairment:
- lip-reading visits.
- information cards available to all visitors in different museum spaces (in 3 languages: French, English and Spanish).
- tactile and multi-sensory visits for adults, young people and children: 'The Petit Palais with your eyes shut', 'Painting with your eyes shut', 'Touching sculptures', 'My first museum visit', 'From faces to portraits', 'The 5 Senses'.

Mental disability:
- tactile and multi-sensory visits for adults, young people and children: 'The Petit Palais with your eyes shut', 'Painting with your eyes shut', 'Touching sculptures', 'My first museum visit', 'From faces to portraits', 'The 5 Senses'.
- specific visits and educational workshops for groups by reservation.

Since 12 May 2016, Action Passeraile and the Musée du Petit Palais have been providing free staff accompaniment on request for disabled visitors. This service is available every day from 10am to 5pm (except Mondays, when the museum is closed) and is reserved by phone (minimum delay of 24 hours during the week and 48 hours at weekends, call: +33 (0) 1 43 41 70 67).
Guides are trained in accompanying disabled visitors by Action Passeraile and Action Handicap France for all types of disabilities; with accessible routes for different types of disabilities provided by the Petit Palais.

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