Reopening of major museums & monuments

Le Louvre
Château de Versailles
Mont Saint Michel
Château de Chambord
Press release

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

For more information on Paris – visit www.parisinfo.com

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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Contact

Marion Fourestier
Atout France-The France Tourism Development Agency
2127450967