Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris
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Free Museums
If you can, time your trip to be here on the first Sunday of the month when you can visit the
musées nationaux
(
www.rmn.fr
)
for free as well as a handful of monuments (some during
certain months only).
European citizens under 26 get free entry to national museums and monuments.
At any time, you can visit the permanent collections of selected
musées municipaux
(
www.paris.fr
)
for free.
Temporary exhibitions at both national and city museums always incur a separate admis-
sion fee. Some museums have reduced entry at various times of the day or week.
National Museum & Monument Free Days
The museums and monuments offering free admission on the first Sunday of the month:
Arc de Triomphe
(November to March)
Basilique de St-Denis
(November to March)
Château de Versailles
(November to March)
Conciergerie
(November to March)
ies, 1e; adult/child €9/6.50; 9am-6pm Wed-Mon; Concorde)
Musée des Arts et Métiers
(also free every Thursday from 6pm)
Musée du Louvre
(October to March)
11am-9pm Wed-Mon) (within the Centre Pompidou)
Musée National du Moyen Âge
(aka Musée de Cluny)
