Paris is one of the most expensive cities to visit in Europe. But you are smart and resourceful, so there's nothing holding you back that can't be beat with a bit of planning!
Enter Museums in Paris for Free
Many popular museums and monuments in Paris offer free access, thanks to the free first Sundays programme. And it's not just the small museums that offer this, but also the great art collections found at the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay. Whether you're on a budget trying to live cheap or you just like to score a bargain then the free Sundays programme is your opportunity to enrich your spirit at the biggest discount possible.
Free First Sunday Museum list
Central Paris
- Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Pompidou
- Musée des Arts et Métiers
- Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
- Musée national Eugène Delacroix
- Musée national Gustave Moreau
- Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner
- Musée national de l'Orangerie
- Musée d'Orsay
- Musée national Picasso
- Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine
- Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration
- Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
- Musée national des Arts asiatiques Guimet
In Ile-de-France - But don't let that stop you
- Musée d'Archéologie nationale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Musée départemental Albert-Kahn
- Musée des années 30
- Musée national du Château de Compiègne
- Musée national de Port-Royal des Champs
- Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau
- Sèvres - Cité de la Céramique
- Musée national de la Renaissance - Château d'Ecouen
- Musée départemental Maurice Denis
- Musée français de la Carte à jouer