Here are plenty of museums and monuments in Paris and the region, with remarquable artistic and cultural treasures.
Le Louvre, Centre Pompidou, Quai Branly, Orsay museum, Carnavalet museum… Many of them offer free entrance one night a week, free access to the permanent collections, free access the first Sunday of the month, depending on the period, discount entrance or free entrance for children…
Find the list of those Paris and the Ile-de-France museums and monuments here.
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
23, allée de la 2e DB – Jardin Atlantique, Paris 15th – Metro Montparnasse – Bienvenüe
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 More info
Institut Catholique de Paris – 21, rue d’Assas, Paris 6th – Metro Rennes More info
10, rue Mabillon, Paris 6th – Metro Saint-Germain-des-Prés More info
11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5th – Metro Cardinal Lemoine / Place Monge More info
9 rue Scribe, Paris 9th – Metro Opéra More info
39, boulevard des Capucines, Paris 2nd – Metro Opéra More info
Hôtel de Police du Ve arrondissement – 4, rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, Paris 5th – Metro Maubert – Mutualité More info
47, rue Monge, Paris 5th – Metro Cardinal Lemoine More info
Place Georges Pompidou / Rue Saint Martin, Paris 4th – Metro Rambuteau More info
Place Hannah Arendt, angle des rues des Alouettes et Carducci, Paris 19th – Metro Buttes-Chaumont Jourdain More info
- Musée Zadkine (free admission to the collections, except during temporary exhibition periods)
100bis, rue d’Assas, Paris 6th – Metro Notre-Dame-des-Champs More info
59, avenue Foch, Paris 16th – Metro Porte Dauphine More info
Aéroport le Bourget, 93 – RER Le Bourget More info
In Paris:
Place Georges Pompidou, Paris 4th – Metro Hôtel de Ville / Châtelet – Les Halles
- Musée de l’Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (closed for renovation work until 2016)
Hôtel de Miramion – 47, quai de la Tournelle, Paris 5th – Metro Maubert – Mutualité / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
60, rue Réaumur, Paris 16th – Metro Arts et Métiers More info
Hôtel de Mongelas – 62, rue des Archives, Paris 3rd – Metro Hôtel de Ville / Châtelet – Les Halles More info
- Musée national Eugène Delacroix (renovation work planned to take place from April 2013)
6 rue de Furstenberg, Paris 6th – Metro Saint-Germain-des-Prés / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
14, rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris 9th – Metro Trinité More info
- Musée national Ernest Hébert (closed for renovation work)
Hôtel de Montmorency-Bours – 85, rue du Cherche-Midi, Paris 6th – Metro Vaneau More info
43, avenue de Villiers, Paris 17th – Metro Malesherbes More info
6, place Paul Painlevé, Paris 5th – Metro Cluny – La Sorbonne / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris 1st – Metro Concorde More info
1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris 7th – Metro Solférino / Musée d’Orsay More info
- Musée national Picasso (closed for renovation work until spring 2014)
Hôtel Salé – 5, rue de Thorigny, Paris 3rd – Metro Saint-Paul / Châtelet – Les Halles More info
Palais de Chaillot – 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 novembre, Paris 16th – Metro Trocadéro / Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel More info
293, avenue Daumesnil, Paris 12th – Metro Porte Dorée More info
37, quai Branly Portail Debilly, Paris 7th – Metro Alma – Marceau / Pont de l’Alma More info
79, rue de Varenne, Paris 7th – Metro Varenne / Invalides More info
In Ile-de-France:
Place Charles de Gaulle, 78 – RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye More info
14, rue du Port, 92 – Metro Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud More info
19, avenue Auguste Rodin, 92 – Metro Mairie d’Issy More info
28, avenue André-Morizet, 92 – Metro Marcel Sembat More info
Place du Général de Gaulle, 60 More info
- Musée franco-américain du Château de Blérancourt (closed for renovation work until end of 2014)
Château de Blérancourt, 02 More info on Musée franco-américain du Château de Blérancourt
Route des Granges, 78 – RER Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse More info
- Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau (Château de Bois-Préau: closed for renovation work)
Avenue du Château, 92 – RER Rueil Malmaison More info
Place de la Manufacture, 92 – Pont de Sèvres More info
Château d’Ecouen, 95 – Garges – Sarcelles More info
- Musée départemental Maurice Denis
2bis, rue Maurice Denis, 78 – RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye More info on the Musée départemental Maurice Denis
16, rue Auguste Gervais, 92 – Metro Mairie d’Issy More info
Paris 1st – Metro Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre More info
In Paris:
Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris 8th – Metro Charles de Gaulle – Etoile More info
2, boulevard du Palais, Paris 1st – Metro Cité / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
Place du Panthéon, Paris 5th – Metro Cardinal Lemoine / Luxembourg More info
4, boulevard du Palais, Paris 1st – Metro Châtelet / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
6 place du parvis Notre-Dame, Paris 4th – Metro Saint-Michel / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
In Ile-de-France:
1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur, 93 – Metro Basilique de Saint-Denis More info
- Château de Pierrefonds
Rue Viollet-Le-Duc, 60 More info on the Château de Pierrefonds
Avenue de Paris, 94 – Château de Vincennes More info
78 – RER Versailles – Rive Gauche More info
In Ile-de-France:
31, rue de Paris, 77 – RER Noisiel More info
82, rue de Villiers, 78 – RER Poissy More info
2, avenue Carnot, 78 – RER Maisons-Laffitte More info
78 – SNCF Rambouillet More info
14, avenue Gambetta, 92 – SNCF Sèvres – Ville d’Avray More info
Free on Wednesday evening
Hôtel Henault de Cantobre – 5-7, rue de Fourcy, Paris 4th – Metro Saint-Paul More info
Free on Thursday evening
60, rue Réaumur, Paris 16th – Metro Arts et Métiers More info
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 :
Paris 1st – Metro Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre More info
43, avenue de Villiers, Paris 17th – Metro Malesherbes More info
- Musée national Eugène Delacroix (renovation work planned to take place from April 2013)
6 rue de Furstenberg, Paris 6th – Metro Saint-Germain-des-Prés / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
14, rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris 9th – Metro Trinité More info
79, rue de Varenne, Paris 7th – Metro Varenne / Invalides More info
1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris 7th – Metro Solférino / Musée d’Orsay More info
6, place d’Iéna, Paris 16th – Metro Iéna More info
37, quai Branly Portail Debilly, Paris 7th – Metro Alma – Marceau / Pont de l’Alma More info
Palais de Chaillot – 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 novembre, Paris 16th – Metro Trocadéro / Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel More info
293, avenue Daumesnil, Paris 12th – Metro Porte Dorée More info
6, place Paul Painlevé, Paris 5th – Metro Cluny – La Sorbonne / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
- Musée national Ernest Hébert (closed for renovation work)
Hôtel de Montmorency-Bours – 85, rue du Cherche-Midi, Paris 6th – Metro Vaneau More info
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris 1st – Metro Concorde More info
- Musée national Picasso (closed for renovation work until spring 2014)
Hôtel Salé – 5, rue de Thorigny, Paris 3rd – Metro Saint-Paul / Châtelet – Les Halles More info
Place Georges Pompidou, Paris 4th – Metro Hôtel de Ville / Châtelet – Les Halles
- Musée de l’Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (closed for renovation work until 2016)
Hôtel de Miramion – 47, quai de la Tournelle, Paris 5th – Metro Maubert – Mutualité / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
Esplanade des Invalides, Paris 7th – Metro Invalides More info
- Les Arts Décoratifs (permanent collections and temporary exhibitions other than those in the Nave)
107, rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st – Metro Tuileries More info
- Les Arts Décoratifs – Mode et Textile (temporary exhibitions other than those in the Nave)
107, rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st – Metro Tuileries More info
- Les Arts Décoratifs – Publicité (temporary exhibitions other than those in the Nave)
107, rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st – Metro Tuileries More info
- Les Arts Décoratifs – Nissim de Camondo (permanent collections and temporary exhibitions other than those in the Nave)
63, rue de Monceau, Paris 8th – Metro Villiers More info
60, rue Réaumur, Paris 16th – Metro Arts et Métiers More info
17, place du Trocadéro, Paris 16th – Metro Trocadéro More info
- Musée de la Monnaie (closed for renovation work)
11 quai de Conti, Paris 6th – Metro Pont Neuf More info
34, boulevard de Vaugirard, Paris 15th – Metro Montparnasse – Bienvenüe More info
221, avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris 19th – Metro Porte de Pantin More info
Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris 8th – Metro Charles de Gaulle – Etoile More info
Square Louis XVI – 29, rue Pasquier, Paris 8th – Metro Saint-Augustin More info
2, boulevard du Palais, Paris 1st – Metro Cité / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
6 place du parvis Notre-Dame, Paris 4th – Metro Saint-Michel / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
Place du Panthéon, Paris 5th – Metro Cardinal Lemoine / Luxembourg More info
4, boulevard du Palais, Paris 1st – Metro Châtelet / Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame More info
129, rue de Grenelle, Paris 7th – Metro La Tour-Maubourg More info
71, rue du Temple, Paris 3rd – Metro Hôtel de Ville More info
36, rue Geoffroy Saint Hilaire – Paris 5th – Metro Jussieu More info
1, rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, Paris 5th – Metro Jussieu More info
In Ile-de-France:
7, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94 – Metro École vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort More info
77 – SNCF Fontainebleau – Avon More info
Place Charles de Gaulle, 78 – RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye More info
Château d’Ecouen, 95 – Garges – Sarcelles More info
- Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau (Château de Bois-Préau: closed for renovation work)
Avenue du Château, 92 – RER Rueil Malmaison More info
Route des Granges, 78 – RER Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse More info
Place de la Manufacture, 92 – Pont de Sèvres More info
31, rue de Paris, 77 – RER Noisiel More info
1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur, 93 – Metro Basilique de Saint-Denis More info
82, rue de Villiers, 78 – RER Poissy More info
78 – SNCF Rambouillet More info
78 – RER Versailles – Rive Gauche More info
Avenue de Paris, 94 – Château de Vincennes More info
2, avenue Carnot, 78 – RER Maisons-Laffitte More info
14, avenue Gambetta, 92 – SNCF Sèvres – Ville d’Avray More info
Place du Général de Gaulle, 60 More info
- Musée départemental Maurice Denis
2bis, rue Maurice Denis, 78 – RER Saint-Germain-en-Laye More info on the Musée départemental Maurice Denis
- Château de Pierrefonds
Rue Viollet-Le-Duc, 60 More info on the Château de Pierrefonds
19, avenue Auguste Rodin, 92 – Metro Mairie d’Issy More info