Next edition: May 17, 2025
FAMILY NEWS IN PARIS
Museum Night, an exceptional, enriching and free evening
- Many museums are open for a large part of the night
- collections that are usually closed to the public can be seen
- Most of the permanent collections and exhibitions are free for all
- Some museums organize activities especially for children and families
Our special selection for young audiences during the Night of the Museums 2024
At the Bourse de Commerce Pinault Collection (in the 1st)
- From 7 p.m. to midnight at the Bourse du Commerce – Pinault collection
- Free access to the exhibitions and the building
- 7 p.m. / 7:15 p.m. / 7:30 p.m., Family visit : “What a circus!” (free access, without reservation, subject to availability) (6-12 years old)
At the Musée en Herbe (in the 1st arrondissement)
- From 7 pm to 10 pm
- Free visit of the current exhibition: “Seth plays it”
- Free guided tours at 7 pm and 8 pm, by reservation on 01 40 67 97 66
- All about the Musée en Herbe
At the Museum of Art and History of Judaism (in the 3rd arrondissement)
- From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. – self-guided tours and game booklets, family kit
- At 6 p.m. for the little ones: musical visit with the family. Duration 1 hour
- For older children: At 7:15 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.: three night tours on the theme ” X-rays of a museum, spoliations and restitutions “. Duration 1 hour.
At Victor Hugo’s house (in the 4th arrondissement)
- Visit of the exhibition “Victor Hugo s’esfencing” and the House of Victor Hugo
- “PHRASES d’ARME”: Performance with Alexandra Riss, artist; Richard Roblin, fencing master and technical director of fencing and fencing at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
- From 7 pm to 11 pm (last admission at 10:30 pm)
- Ideal with tweens and teens
At the Curie Museum (in the 5th arrondissement)
- From 6 pm to 11 pm
- Free admission
- 6pm-11pm , exclusive screenings of excerpts from the Joliot-Curie family films
- 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm Exhibition “With the Joliot-Curies, it was physical!”, a fun and unique torchlight visit. (Reserve)
- All audiences, + 7 years at the Curie Museum
At the Monnaie de Paris (in the 6th arrondissement)
- From 6 p.m. to midnight
- 7 p.m. – Animation : engraving demonstration from 7 p.m.
- 7 p.m. Flash visit: “This is the Olympic medal!” and “Know-how and crafts at the service of sport”
- from 10 pm – Architectural guided tours with torchlight and visit of the exhibition “Insert coin”
- Entertainment without reservation and within the limit of available places at the Musée de la Monnaie de Paris
At the Quai Branly Museum -Jacques Chirac (in the 7th arrondissement)
- From 18:00 to 23:59 (last entry 23:15)
- Continuous staggered tours of the collections (15 min)
- 7pm-11pm – storytelling on the rooftop terrace
- Photocall (in the lobby) – strike a pose and leave with your portrait
- free activities within the limit of available places at the Musée du Quai Branly
At the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (in the 19th arrondissement)
- Discover the latest temporary exhibitions including “Metamorphoses” (+6 years) and “Precious waste” (15 years +)
- 8pm-10pm – “Couleurs express” from 9 years old
- At 7 pm – Storytelling animation “Mr Chips’ forest” (5-12 years old)
- At 8 p.m. – At the planetarium “Troublant trou noir”
- Free access from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Cité des sciences
News in May in Paris and around Paris
Free exhibitions during the Museums Night 2021
- Franz Marc and August Macke : German Expressionism at the Musée de l’Orangerie (free – from 6 pm to 11 pm)
- Calder / Picasso at the Picasso Museum (free – from 6 pm to 11 pm)
- The Courtauld collection : large collection of impressionists at the Vuitton Foundation (free – from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.)
- Monsters, Manga and Murakami at the Musée en Herbe (free – from 7pm to 10pm)
- Ocean, an unusual dive at the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution (free – from 7 p.m. to midnight)
- In My Skin at the Musée de l’Homme (free – from 7 p.m. to midnight)
- Cabins at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (free – from 7pm to 1am)
- Microbiota at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (free – from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.)
- Body and Sport at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (free – from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.)
- High Speed Rail at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (free – from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.)
- Poison at the Palais de la Découverte (free – from 7pm to 1am)
- Is this an illusion? at the Palais de la Découverte (free – from 7pm to 1am)
- Helena Rubinstein at the Museum of Jewish Art and History (free – from 6 p.m. to midnight)
At the Air and Space Museum – Le Bourget – from 6 pm to 11 pm
- Free admission
- Space conquest with a flashlight. A visit where only the glow of a flashlight will allow you to be guided through this immensity and discover the conquest of space.
- Treasure hunts : 3 scenarios according to age
- Observing the sun and Mars with telescopes
