JUNE 17 UPDATES - IN BOLD
As of June 2, 2020 all major museums and monuments are permitted to reopen. However, they will not reopen on the same date(s). Below is an non-exhaustive list.
So that visitors may confidently return to these museums and monuments special sanitary measures to ensure the safety of visitors and staff alike will be taken. The measures include the mandatory wearing of masks by staff and visitors and new visiting circuits to implement social distancing. Many major museums and monuments have an online ticketing and reservation system that these institutions recommend or now require using as an additional precaution.
Castles and Monuments
Centre des Monuments Nationaux | National Monuments Center: 80 chateaux and monuments throughout France | 48 monuments will open the week of June 6, 2020, followed by 32 the week of June 13, 2020.
Opened in May:
- Château d’Amboise & Château du Clos Lucé & Leonardo da Vinci Park | Amboise, Loire Valley
June:
Château de Chambord | Loire Valley: June 5, 2020
Château de Versailles | Paris Region: June 6, 2020
Château d'Angers | Western Loire: June 6, 2020
Villa Kérylos | Côte d’Azur France: June 6, 2020
Towers & ramparts d'Aigues Mortes | Occitania: June 8, 2020
Château & ramparts de Carcassonne | Occitania: June 13, 2020
Villa Savoye | Paris Region: June 13, 2020
Château de Rambouillet | Paris Region: June 14, 2020
Château de Compiègne | Hauts-de-France/former Picardy: June 15, 2020
Mont-St-Michel Abbey | Normandy: June 15, 2020
Arc de Triomphe | Paris: June 15, 2020
Conciergerie | Paris: June 15, 2020
Panthéon | Paris: June 15, 2020
Château d'Azay-le-Rideau | Loire Valley: June 15, 2020
Château d'If | On Frioul Island facing Marseille: June 16, 2020
Palais du Tau | Champagne-Ardenne: June 16, 2020
Villa Cavrois | Hauts-de-France: June 16, 2020
Sainte-Chapelle | Paris: June 23, 2020
Eiffel Tower | Paris: June 25, 2020 - At first, visits will be by using the stairs only - The ticketing office will open soon
July:
Château de Fontainebleau | Paris Region: July 1, 2020
Château de Pau | New Aquitaine: July 1, 2020
National Museums (Paris & Paris Region)
June:
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme: June 6, 2020
Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac: June 9, 2020
Musée national de Port-Royal des Champs: June 15, 2020
Palais de la Porte-Dorée: June 16, 2020
Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine: June 17, 2020
Musée Nissim de Camondo: June 17, 2020
Musée national Eugène-Delacroix: June 22, 2020
Musée de l'Orangerie: June 22, 2020
Musée d'Orsay: June 23, 2020
Musée Gustave-Moreau: 3rd week of June
Musée national de la Céramique de Sèvres: 3rd week of June
Musée de Cluny - Musée national du Moyen-Âge: 3rd week of June
Musée des Arts Décoratifs: June 23, 2020 for the temporary exhibitions
Palais de la Découverte: June 23, 2020
Cité des sciences et de l'industrie: June 27, 2020
Musée d'archéologie nationale de Saint-Germain en Laye: 4th week of June
Musée national de Malmaison-Bois Préau | @Fontainebleau: last week of June
July:
Grand Palais: July 1, 2020
Centre Pompidou: July 1, 2020
Musée national de la Renaissance d'Ecouen | Paris Region: July 1, 2020
Musée du Louvre: July 6, 2020
Musée Rodin: July 7, 2020
Musée Guimet: July 8, 2020
Cinémathèque française: July 15, 2020
Musée Picasso: 3rd week of July
Musée des Plans-reliefs: 3rd week of July
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National Museums (French Regions)
June:
Musée national Picasso Vallauris | Côte d’Azur France: June 13, 2020
Musée franco-américain du château de Blérancourt | Hauts-de-France/Picardy: June 15, 2020
Musée Magnin | Dijon/Burgundy: June 16, 2020
Musée national Marc-Chagall | Nice/Côte d’Azur France: June 20, 2020
Musée national Fernand-Léger | Biot/Côte d’Azur France: June 20, 2020
Caen Memorial | Normandy: June 20, 2020
Maison natale de Georges-Clemenceau | Mouilleron-en-Pareds/Pays de la Loire: 3rd week of June
Maison natale de Bonaparte | Ajaccio/Corsica: 3rd week of June
Musée napoléonien de l’île d'Aix | New Aquitaine: 3rd week of June
Musée national Adrien-Dubouché de Limoges | New Aquitaine: 3rd week of June
MuCEM (Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée | Marseille/Provence: June 29, 2020
July:
- Musée national de préhistoire des Eyzies | New Aquitaine: 1st week of July
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