For young and old alike – At the Centre Pompidou (Paris 4th)
This tour is led by tour guides who are specialists in young people
Pitch of the visit “Modern art explained to children”
Modern art told to children (and their parents or grandparents) during a visit to the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou (also known as Beaubourg)
- What is modern art? What are the major painting movements of the twentieth century? What is a work of art? Does it necessarily have to be beautiful? …
- It is all these difficult questions (and many more) that this private tour of the Centre Pompidou’s Museum of Modern Art will try to answer
- During this outing, your children will learn all about modern art. His main avant-garde movements : Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism, geometric abstraction, lyrical, Dada… The great names of the twentieth century such as Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky, Braque, Mondrian, Pollock, Duchamp…
- All topics will be addressed to understand modern art and the questions that artists have tried to answer: the use of color, stylistic deformation, the definition of a work of art. How do you recognize a good painter? What is a work of art? Does it necessarily have to be beautiful, well made? The necessary to make a painting: a canvas? brushes? Other less conventional tools and ways?
The individual tour “Modern art explained to children”
- Adult price : 34 euros (including museum ticket)
- Price (up to 12 years old): 17 euros
- 20 to 22 participants maximum per tour
- Duration of the visit : 1h30
- Meeting point : Centre Pompidou
- Tour in English
- Skip-the-line tickets (no queues)
Private tour “Modern art explained to children” (prices and info)
♡ Nice to book for several families (more reasonable budget)
- Price of the private guided tour (up to 24 participants): 220 euros + 20% on Sundays and public holidays.
- Price to which must be added the group entrance fees to the museum (cost of booking a visit slot as well as the museum entrance tickets) depending on the number of participants
- Entrance fees for up to 5 participants (micro-group): flat rate of 120 euros including VAT
- Entrance fees for 6 to 14 participants (mini-group): flat rate 180 euros including VAT
- Entrance fees for 15 to 24 participants (large group): flat rate of 300 euros including VAT
What are the days when you can privatize this tour ?
- every day (except Tuesday, when the museum is closed)
For schools or youth centres
- €180 per visit (free entrance fee)
- Minimum 3 adults for a class of 26 students
- Including 1 copy of the activity booklet in PDF format (optionally 20€ the booklet for children)
- School : from CE2 to 3ème
- Mairie : for children (from 8 years old) and teenagers
- Payments in administrative vouchers are accepted
