Free entry days & free museums
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Your trip
Free slots in Paris
Pick a start and end date.
Always free
- City of Paris museums: Carnavalet, Petit Palais, Modern Art Museum, Maison de Victor Hugo, Cognacq-Jay (Permanent collections; temporary shows are paid.)
The standing rules
- Louvre · First Friday of the month (not July or August), 18:00–21:45 (book a free slot)
- Musée d'Orsay · First Sunday of the month (book a free slot)
- Musée de l'Orangerie · First Sunday of the month (book a free slot)
- Musée Picasso · First Sunday of the month (book a free slot)
- Arc de Triomphe, Panthéon, Conciergerie and other national monuments · First Sunday of the month (November–March)
- European Heritage Days: ministries, palaces and private buildings open · Third Saturday weekend of the month (September)
- Under-18s enter national museums and monuments free.
- EU/EEA residents aged 18–25 enter national museums and monuments free.
- EU/EEA residents under 26 get free or cut-price entry at many state museums in France, Italy and Spain; carry ID showing age and residence.
Paris guide · Is the city pass worth it?
Check: every free day here is changeable (checked 2026-09). Museums change rules, add booking requirements, close for works or skip a free day when it falls on a holiday; confirm on the museum's own site the week you go. Free slots are busy: arrive at opening.