The City of Architecture and Heritage
- WE LIKE : a stimulating and lively place for children
- WHERE: at the Cité de l’Architecture, Place du Trocadéro (Paris 16th)
- AGE: from 6 years old
- OPENING : daily, 8 May, Whit and Easter Mondays
- CLOSED : Tuesday, January 1 , December 25 and May 1
- OPENING HOURS : from 11am to 7pm (last admission 45 minutes before)
- LATE-NIGHT : Thursdays until 9pm (last admission 45 minutes before)
- PLEASE NOTE :
- tickets give access to the entire Cité de l’Architecture and all the temporary exhibitions
- Booking on the museum’s website for workshops and courses for children and teenagers
It is the reference place for the art of building, ancient and modern, designed in an airy and bright space.
The museum offers permanent collections and temporary exhibitions on the mysteries of architecture. 1000 years of history are explained in a very educational way.
- The visit to the permanent collections begins with the astonishing and vast Gallery of Casts
- We discover a selection of the most representative monuments of French architectural genius, reproduced on a real scale in their smallest details
- From the Middle Ages to theeighteenth century, we find reproduced, for example, the angel of the cathedral of Reims, the marvellous tympanum of the basilica of Vézelay, the great fountain of Nancy and the model of the Paris Opera!
- The gallery of murals and stained glass windows is another highlight of the visit… As if on the road to the holidays, and as if you were there, you enter a vaulted crypt, you pass under a dome to observe the Romanesque, Gothic or Renaissance paintings that occupy the most beautiful French monuments
- Finally, the gallery of modern and contemporary architecture retraces the great adventure of architecture from 1850 to the present day on 1,800 m2, it is unique in the world
- We find Haussmann’s Paris, the CNIT of La Défense, Jean Nouvel’s endless tower, and even Le Corbusier through numerous models and photographs to understand all the stakes of these constructions in the city.
- Ideal for visiting with the family, the model room occupies a very special place in the pedagogy intended for young audiences
Family activities (children and teenagers)
2023-2024 Season
Family visits around the art of cathedrals
- Guided tour: “In the time of cathedrals” (from 9 years old)
My birthday at the Cité de l’Architecture
- Treasure hunt “The Secret of the Companions” to celebrate his birthday at the Cité de l’architecture
Workshops and family courses
- Family workshops construction games (from 4 years old) – Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 pm – duration 1h30
- “Monsieur Eiffel’s Tower” – December 16 -17, 2023
- “It’s the construction site” – 6 and 7 Jan, 3 and 4 Feb, 2 and 3 March 2024
- “A Cathedral Dream” – Jan. 13-14, Feb. 10-11, Mar. 9-10, Apr. 13-14, May 8-12
- “The Tower in the Sky” – Jan. 20-21, Feb. 17-18, Mar. 16-17, Apr. 20-21, May 18-20
- “The castle is strong!” – Jan. 27-28, Feb. 24-25, Mar. 30-April 1, Apr. 27-28, May 25-26
- “Objective Stadium” – 23-24 March, 6-7 Apr., 4-5 May, 1-2 June
Workshops and courses for children and teenagers
- For 8-12 year olds: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Model workshop “Dessus dessous“: around the exhibition “Metro!” – Duration 2 hours
- For 11-14 year olds: During the holidays from 14 to 16 February – workshop for teenagers model “Metro remix” : designing a metro network and stations with an architect – Duration 3x3h
- For 13-16 year olds: From 21 to 23 February – “Land of Transport” course: in connection with the Metro exhibition! and with an architect, the young people build earthen buildings and invent new stations- Duration 3x3h
- For 7-10 year olds: from 10 to 12 April spring holidays – Course “On the rails” – understanding the metro of yesterday and building the metro of tomorrow – Duration 3×3 hours
- For 11-14 year olds: course from 17 to 19 April – “stadium phases” course – discover the stadium and its functions with an architect – Duration 3×3 hours
The museum offers plenty of activities to do with the family and courses for teenagers and children all year round. Reservations must be made on the museum’s online ticket office
Stay tuned! Many other activities will be to be discovered, you will have to consult the museum’s program regularly
The Palais de Chaillot…
The Palais de Chaillot, Place du Trocadéro, is one ofthe must-see places in Paris! It is ideal for spending time with children. Beyond its very typical architecture of the 1930s, it is a vast playground where science, culture and daydreams still flirt with pedagogy where the Musée de l’Homme and the Musée national de La Marine are located
With its breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower and the Champs de Mars, the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine occupies the “Paris” wing of the Palace. It is a unique museum that is full of surprises and where the pedagogy for young audiences and teenagers is omnipresent. A great time guaranteed for young and old
The exhibitions …
- Notre-Dame de Paris. From builders to restaurateurs – February 15, 2023 to June 2, 2024
- Subway! Greater Paris on the move – Until June 2, 2024: we love this exhibition!
- Gustave Eiffel’s Paris – Until January 8, 2024
- Art Deco France / North America – From October 21, 2022 to March 6, 2023
- Machu Picchu and the Treasures of Peru – From April 16 to September 4, 2022
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