Subway! Greater Paris on the move

• WE LIKE : a dive into the formidable epic of the Paris metro, from the end of the nineteenth century to the “Greater Paris of 2030”
• WHERE: at the Cité de l’Architecture (Paris 16th)
• AGE: from 6 years old
• DATE : until June 2, 2024
• OPENING HOURS : from 11am to 7pm (last admission 45 minutes before)
• LATE-NIGHT : Thursdays until 9pm (last admission 45 minutes before)
• CLOSED : Tuesdays^{, January 1} , December 25 and May 1
• PLEASE NOTE :
  • tickets give access to the entire Cité de l’Architecture and all the temporary exhibitions
  • Audio guides are available free of charge at the ticket office at the entrance.

Greater Paris on the move!

This new exhibition at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, is a dive into the heart of the history of the Paris metro. The fascinating exhibition tells the story of the urban changes resulting from mobility and unveils the “Grand Paris Express” project that will appear in 2030!

• As soon as we arrive at the Trocadero , we are greeted outside, in front of the museum, by a giant wheel of 8 meters in diameter and 69 tons, from a tunnel boring machine of the Grand Paris Express
• The 1st part of the exhibition is devoted to the history of the Paris metro since its construction at the end of the 19th century
• In 1900, Parisians discovered the Parisian metro with Hector Guimard and its emblematic metro entrances
• The exhibition tells the story of the construction site in the heart of Paris, its technological prowess, its effects on urban mobility
• We discover the epic thanks to a very educational scenography with models, archive images, photos, period films and even the reconstruction of the old wooden oars that will bring back memories for the oldest among us
• This is the story of a colossal construction site that revolutionized our vision of the capital and the way of living there.