Opening days, including public holidays
Museums open on Mondays
- Louvre Museum (1st) – Closed on January 1st and December 25th
- Musée en herbe (1st) – Closed on January 1st and December 25th
- Centre Pompidou (4th) – Closed on 1 May
- Natural History Museum (5th) – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
- La Grande Galerie de l’Evolution (5th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- Musée de l’Orangerie (8th) – Closed on 1 May, the morning of 14 July and 25 December.
- The Musée de l’Armée (8th) – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
- The Grévin Museum (9th)
- The Chocolate Museum (10th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st, May 8th, December 25th and December 26th
Museums open on Tuesdays
- Musée de Cluny – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
- Musée en herbe (1st) – Closed on January 1st and December 25th
- Musée Carnavalet (3rd) – Closed 1 January, 1 May, and 25 December
- Cognacq-Jay Museum (3rd) – Closed 1January, 1 May and 25 December.
- Musée des Arts et Métiers (3rd) – Closed on May 1st and December 25th
- Picasso Museum (4th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- Natural History Museum (5th) – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
- The Archaeological Crypt of the Île de la Cité (5th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- Zadkine Museum (6th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- Musée Rodin (7th) – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
- Musée d’Orsay (7th) – Closed on December 25 and May 1 – Open on January 1 from 10 a.m.
- The Musée de l’Armée (8th) – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
- The Palais de la découverte (8th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- Petit Palais Musée des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- The Grévin Museum (9th)
- Musée de la Vie Romantique (9th) – Closed 1January , 1May and 25 December.
- The Chocolate Museum (10th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st, May 8th, December 25th and December 26th
- The Catacombs of Paris (14th) – Closed 1January, 1 May and 25 December.
- Musée de la Libération de Paris – Musée du Général Leclerc – Musée Jean Moulin (14th) – Closed 1 January, 1 May and 25 December.
- The Bourdelle Museum (15th) – Closed 1January, 1 May and 25 December.
- Museum of Modern Art (16th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- La Maison Balzac (16th) – Closed 1January, 1 May and 25 December.
- Palais Galliera (16th) – Closed 1January, 1 May and 25 December.
- The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (19th) – Closed on January 1st and December 25th
Museums open from Wednesday to Sunday
- Louvre Museum (1st) – Closed on January 1st and December 25th
- Musée en herbe (1st) – Closed on January 1st and December 25th
- The Jean-Sans-Peur Tower (2nd)
- Musée Carnavalet (3rd)
- Musée des Arts et Métiers (3rd) – Closed on May 1st and December 25th
- Museum of Magic and Automata (4th) – Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays outside the school holidays in zone C
- Centre Pompidou (4th) – Closed on 1 May
- Picasso Museum (4th) – Closed on December 25th, January 1st and May 1st
- The Museum of Magic (4th) – Please note that it is closed on Thursdays and Fridays
- Natural History Museum (5th) – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
- La Grande Galerie de l’Evolution (5th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- Musée d’Orsay (7th) – Closed on December 25 and May 1 – Open on January 1 from 10 a.m.
- Musée Rodin (7th) – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
- Musée de l’Orangerie (8th) – Closed on 1 May, the morning of 14 July and 25 December.
- The Musée de l’Armée (8th) – Closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December.
- The Palais de la découverte (8th) – Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th
- The Grévin Museum (9th)
- The Chocolate Museum (10th) – . Closed on January 1st, May 1st, May 8th, December 25th and December 26th
- Museum of Modern Art (16th) – -Closed on January 1st and December 25th
- The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (19th) – – Closed on January 1st and December 25th
Museums open on 25 December
- Centre Pompidou (4th) – except Tuesdays
- The Grévin Museum (9th)
- Arab World Institute (5th)
- Musée de Montmartre Renoir Gardens (18th)
- Musée Jacquemart André (8th)
Museums open on 1 January
It’s not always easy to find your way around to find out what day of the week Parisian museums are open. Here is the list of museums open from Monday to Sunday, including Tuesdays (traditionally closing days) as well as public holidays such as January 1st, August 15th or December 25th. Please note : regarding the opening hours, we advise you to check the practical information of each museum. The opening hours are subject to change depending on the season (High season, low season, school holidays) or special events (such as Museum Night).
