Free for children under 26 years old
A fascinating museum to discover or rediscover with the family
- WE LIKE : the interactive and educational tour to learn all about the evolution of Man since the beginning of humanity
- AGE : all audiences, ideal from 3 years old
- DURATION : about 1h30
- WHERE : at the Palais de Chaillot, Place du Trocadéro (Paris 16th)
- FREE : for children, under 26 years old if EU nationals
- OPENING HOURS : from 11am to 7pm every day except Tuesday
- CLOSURE :
- Tuesday, January 1, May 1, July 14 and December 25
- PLUS : there are 2 dining areas with an incredible view
With its breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower and the Champs de Mars, the Musée de l’Homme is located in the heart of the Palais de Chaillot, Place du Trocadéro. It is next to the National Maritime Museum
The Musée de l’Homme offers visitors an interactive and highly educational journey through the great adventure of human evolution.
Designed as a vast playground bathed in natural light, this museum is unique in its kind and piques the curiosity of the youngest. By gently approaching the notions of identity and evolution of the human species, they meet history, art and science.
Family activities at the Musée l’Homme
Fun and interactive guided tours
- From 5 years old: “The little researchers“. Two investigations with a mediator in the Galerie de l’Homme – Sundays and public holidays at 11:15 am (ticket +5€). Duration 1 hour
- From 12 years old: “Discovering humans” and their evolution over 7 million years. With a mediator the themes addressed: biology, history, anthropology and philosophy. Some Saturdays at 11:15 am (ticket +5€). Duration 1h15
- From 12 years old: “rocks, arts and sciences”. What the readings reveal. Discover the reproduction work of scientists and the painted or engraved works of prehistory! Some Saturdays at 11:15 am (ticket +5€). Duration 1h30
Game booklets
(available at the reception desk or to print yourself from the website)
- For 4-6 year olds: the discovery of humans through the eyes of Allen, a character from elsewhere – deciphering the museum’s objects
- For 7-11 year olds: help Allen organize the knowledge he has gathered during his research on humans
What to do at home with the family
- Games and game booklets to download from the museum’s website to learn while having fun : make a model of a Neanderthal house following the instructions of archaeologists, make paper casseroles or color scenes from prehistory
Stay tuned! Many other activities will be to be discovered, you will have to consult the museum’s program regularly
The Musée de l’Homme, a fascinating museum-laboratory
- The pleasant and airy museography has been completely redesigned to be educational and accessible to all audiences, adults and children alike
- The visit is punctuated by three highlights: Who are we? Where do we come from? and… Where are we going?
- Who are we with? We question the identity and singularity of the human species
- Where do we come from? Explores our evolutionary history from the origins to the
- And where are we going? questions our future on a planet profoundly disrupted by human intervention
- On the program, it is astonishment and fascination in front of the large thematic showcases where 1800 remarkable objects are exhibited
- In the manner of cabinets of curiosities, children go from anatomy to food, from animal species to the evolution of the human species, from man from prehistory to repaired and robotic man….
- The permanent exhibition is punctuated by 80 screens and 14 digital platforms that offer audiovisual, tactile or sensory experiences
- Interactivity is a key word in the installation of the collections and it is total when children are confronted with the “wall of languages” that they have to pull to listen to the languages of the world
- or go back in time with a crank, shake hands with a chimpanzee, walk in the footsteps of an Australopithecus, be filmed as a Neanderthal…
- A restaurant allows an ideal short break during the visit.
Some of the most important collections in the world
- The Musée de l’Homme has occupied the Passy wing since 1937 in the Palais de Chaillot, which was built for the Universal Exhibition
- The museum’s vocation is to present the human race in its cultural and anthropological diversity
- Its collections are among the richest in the world in their field, such as the fossils of Cro-Magnon men, the Paleolithic statuette known as the “Venus of Lespugue”, anatomical waxes…
- Among other things, they include 700,000 prehistoric pieces and 30,000 anthropological pieces (specimens and representations of human bodies)
- A true laboratory museum since the beginning, it is part of the departments of the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) and has more than 150 researchers and academics who work together on the museum’s missions
- And somewhere in the offices, scientists are even doing analyses on modern and ancient DNA …
