Museums

What it is: Musée de la Grand Loge de France
Where it is: 8, rue Puteaux – 17e (map)
When it’s free: Monday to Friday – 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM & 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
How to get there: Rome M2 or Place de Clichy M2, M13

What it is: Musée National Jean-Jacques Henner
Where it is: 43, avenue de Villiers – 17e (map)
When it’s free:Closed until November 2015
First Sunday of the Month
How to get there: Malsherbes M3

What it is: Musée Guimet – Musée National des Art Asiatiques
Where it is: 6, place d’Iéna – 16e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
How to get there: Iéna M9 or Boissière M6

What to see: Maison de Balzac
Where to see it: 47, rue Raynouard – 16e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Passy M6, La Muette M9 or Boulainvilliers/Radio France RER C

What it is: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Where it is : 11, avenue du Président Wilson – 16e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Late opening on Thursdays until 10:00 PM (exhibitions only)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Alma-Marceau M9 or Iéna M9

What it is: Panthéon Bouddhique
Where it is: Galeries du Panthéon bouddhique – 19, avenue d’Iéna – 16e (map)
When it’s free: Monday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 5:45 PM (Garden until 5:00 PM)
How to get there: Iéna M9 or Boissière M6

What it is: Musée d’Ennery (Far East)
Where it is: 59, avenue Foch – 16e (map)
When it’s free: Free every Saturday only by reservation
How to get there: Porte Dauphine M2 or Victor Hugo M2

What it is: Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
Where it is: 1, place du Trocaéro et du 11 Novembre – 16e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
How to get there: Trocadéro M6, M9

What it is: Musée Dapper
Where it is: 35 bis, rue Paul Valéry – 16e (map)
When it’s free: Last Wednesday of the Month
11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
How to get there: Victor Hugo M2, Kléber M6, Charles de Gaulle – Étoile M1, M6 or Charles de Gaulle-Étoile RER A

What it is: Mémorial musée du Maréchal Leclerc de Hauteclocque et Musée Jean Moulin
Where it is: 23, allée de la 2e DB, Jardin atlantique (on top of the Gare Montparnasse Train Station) – 15e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Montparnasse-Bienvenüe M4, M6, M13

What it is: Musée Bourdelle
Where it is: 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle – 15e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Montparnasse-Bienvenüe M4, M6, M12, M13 or Falguière M12

What to see: Musée Sainte-Anne
Where it is: Hôpital Sainte-Anne – 1, rue Cabanis, Pavillon L (2nd floor) – 14e (map)
When it’s free: Guided visits
Tuesday and Thursday by appointment
How to get there: Glacière M6

What to see: Musée Singer Polignac 
Centre d’étude de l’expression Hôpital Sainte-Anne
Where it is: Hôpital Sainte-Anne – 1, rue Cabanis – 14e (map)
When it’s free: Journées du patrimoine (Heritage days –  Normally in September)
Wednesday to Monday – 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Closed from December to February
How to get there: Glacière M6

What to see: Musée technologique de la Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris
Where it is: 3, rue Darmesteter – 13e (map)
When to see it: By appointment. (Normally for groups.)
How to get there: Porte d’Ivry M7

What it is: Musée de l’Histoire de l’Immigration
Where it is: Palais de la Porte Dorée – 293, avenue Daumesinil – 12e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
How to get there: Porte Dorée M8

What it is: Musée Edith Piaf
Where it is: 5, rue Crespin-du-Gast – 11e (map)
When it’s free: By Reservation Only
Monday to Wednesday – 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Thursday – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
How to get there: Ménilmontant M2

What it is: Musée Gustave Moreau
Where it is: 14, rue de la Rochefoucauld – 9e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
How to get there: Trinité – d’Estienne d’Orves M12 or Saint-Georges M12

What to see: Musée Fragonard (Musée du parfum)
Where to see it: 9, rue Scribe – 9e (map)
When it’s free: Daily
Monday to Saturday – 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Sunday and Holidays – 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
How to get there: Opéra M3, M7, M8 or Auber RER A

What to see: Musée de la Vie romantique
Where it is: 16, rue Chaptal – 9e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Saint-Georges M12 or Pigalle M2, M12

What to see: Petit Palais (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris)
Where it is: Avenue Winston Churchill – 8e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau M1, M13

What it is: Musée du thé Mariage Frères
Where it is: 260, Faubourg Saint-Honoré – 8e (map)
When it’s free: Daily – 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM
How to get there: Ternes M2 or Courcelles M2

What to see: Musée Zadkine
Where it is: 100 bis, rue d’Assas – 6e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Notre-Dame des Champs M12, Vavin M4 or RER B Port-Royal

What to see: Musée Cernuschi (Musée des Arts de l’Asie de la Ville de Paris)
Where it is: 7, avenue Velasquez – 8e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Villiers M2, M3

What it is: Musée Rodin
Where is it: 79, rue de Varenne – 7e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
How to get there: Varenne M13

What is it: Musée d’Orsay
Where it is: 1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur – 7e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
9:30 AM to 6:00 PM
How to get there: Solférino M12 or Musée d’Orsay RER C

What it is: Musée du Quai Branly
Where is it: 222, rue de l’Université – 7e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
11:00 to 7:00 PM
How to get there: Alma – Marceau M9, Bir-Hakeim M6 or Iéna M9

What to see: Musée Valentin-Haüy
Where it is: Association Valentin-Haüy – 5, rue Duroc (1st floor) – 7e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday and Wednesday – 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM
How to get there: Duroc M10

What to see: Musée Puiforcat
Where it is: 48, avenue Gabriel – 7e (map)
When it’s free: Monday to Saturday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Sunday
How to get there: Champs-Elysées – Clemenceau M1, M13 or Franklin Roosevelt M1, M9

What to see: Musée national de la Legion d’Honneur et des Ordres de chevalerie
Where it is: 2, rue de la Légion-d’Honneur (next to the Orsay Museum esplanade) – 7e (map)
When it’s free: Wednesday to Sunday – 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Closed Monday and Tuesday
How to get there: Solferino M12 or RER C Musée D’Orsay

What it is: Musée National Eugène Delacroix
Where it is: 6, rue de Furstenberg – 6e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
How to get there: Saint-Germain-des-Prés M4 or Mabillon M10

What to see: Musée Bible et Terre sainte
Where it is: Institut catholique de Paris – 21, rue d’Assas – 6e (map)
(end of courtyard)
When it’s free: Saturday – 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (except school holidays)
How to get there: Rennes M12

What to see: Musée de matière médicale
Where it is: 4, avenue de l’Observatoire – 6e (map)
When it’s free: By appointment through Professeur François
How to get there: RER B Port Royal or RER B Luxembourg

What it is: Musée Hébert
Where it is: 85, rue du Cherche-Midi – Hôtel de Montmorency-Bours – 6e (map)
When it’s free: Currently Closed for Renovations
First Sunday of the Month
9:30 AM to 6:00 PM
How to get there: Vaneau M10 or Saint-Placide M4

What it is: Musée du thé Mariage Frères
Where it is: 13, rue des Grands-Augustins – 6e (map)
When it’s free: Daily – 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM
How to get there: Saint-Michel M4 or Odéon M4, M10

What to see: Musée – Librairie du Compagnonnage
Where it is: 10, rue Mabillon – 6e (map)
When it’s free: Monday to Friday – 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Saturday and Sunday
How to get there: Mabillon M10

What to see: Musée Orfila
Where it is: Institut d’anatomie – 45, rue des Saints-Pères – 6e (map)
(cross the hall and take the right elevator to the 8th floor)
When it’s free: Currently unavailable to public.
However, there are still a few models in the lobby.
Possibly by appointment well in advance
Tuesday and Thursday between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM
How to get there: Saint-Germain-des-Près M4

What to see: Musée Zadkine
Where it is: 100 bis, rue Assas – 6e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Closed Monday and Public Holidays
How to get there: Métro : Notre-Dame des Champs M12, Vavin M4 or RER B Port-Royal

What is it: Musée Curie
Where it is: 1, rue Pierre et Marie Curie – 5e (map)
When it’s free: Wednesday to Saturday – 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Closed – Public Holidays : April 21st, May 1st, May 8th, May 29th, June 9th, July 14th, November 1st, November 11th.
Closed August
Closed during Christmas Holidays
How to get there: Monge M10, Cardinal Lemoine M10 or Luxembourg RER B

What it is: Musée de Cluny – Musée National du Moyen-Âge (Museum of the Middle Ages)
Where it is: 6, place Paul Painlevé – 5e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
9:15 AM to 5:45 PM
How to get there: Cluny – La Sorbonne M10

What to see: Musée des Collections Historiques de la Préfecture de Police
Where to see it: Hôtel de Police – 4, rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève (3rd floor) – 5e (map)
When it’s free: Monday to Friday – 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday – 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
How to get there: Maubert-Mutualité M10

What to see: Musée des Éclairages anciens
Where it is: Lumière de l’oeil – 4, rue Flatters – 5e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Friday – 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Saturday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
How to get there:  Les Gobelins M7 or RER Port-Royal

What it is: Musée du thé Mariage Frères
Where it is: 30, rue du Bourg-Tibourg – 4e (map)
When it’s free: Daily – 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM
How to get there: Hôtel de Ville M1, M11

What it is: Musée de l’Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
Where it is: 3, avenue Victoria – 4e (map)
When it’s free: Currently Closed for Renovations
How to get there: Hôtel-de-Ville M1, M11

What it is: Centre Pompidou
Where it is: Place Georges Pompidou – 4e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
11:00 AM to 11:00 PM
How to get there: Rambuteau M11 or Châtelet M1, M4, M7, M11, M14

What to see: Maison de Victor Hugo
Where to see it: 6, place des Vosges – 4e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM  to 6:00 PM (except holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Saint-Paul M4, Chemin-Vert M8 or Bastille M1, M5, M8

What it is: Maison européenne de la photographie
Where it is: 5-7, rue de Fourcy – 4e (map)
When it’s free: Last Wednesday of the Month
5:00 PM to 7:45 PM
How to get there: Saint-Paul M4

What it is: Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
Where it is: Hôtel de Mongelas – 62, rue des Archives – 3e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
How to get there: Hôtel-de-Ville M1, M11 or Châtelet – Les Halles RER A, RER B, RER C

What it is: Musée des Arts et Métiers
Where it is: 60, rue Réaumur – 3e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Thursday Evening – 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
How to get there: Arts et Métiers M3, M11 or Réaumur-Sébastopol M4

What it is: Musée National Picasso
Where it is: Hôtel Salé – 5, rue de Thorigny – 3e (map)
When it’s free: Reopens in 2014
How to get there: Saint-Paul M1, Saint-Sébastian – Froissart M8 or Chemin Vert M8

What to see: Musée Carnavalet (histoire de Paris)
Where it is: 23, rue de Sévigné – 3e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Saint-Paul M1 or Chemin-Vert M8

What to see: Le Musée Des Arts Derniers (Contemporary African Art)
Where it is: 28, rue Saint-Gilles – 3e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 11:00 AM to 7:00PM
Closed Monday
Closed in August
How to get there: Chemin-Vert M8

What it is: Salon-Musée de Maître Alain (Barber)
Where it is: 8, rue Saint-Claude – 3e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Saturday – 9:15 AM to 7:00 PM
Haircuts by Appointment
How to get there: Saint-Sébastien-Froissart M8

What to see: Musée Cognacq-Jay
Where it is: 8, rue Elzévir, Hôtel de Donon – 3e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday to Sunday – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (except Public Holidays)
Closed Monday
How to get there: Saint-Paul M1 or Chemin-Vert M8

What it is: Cabinet des Médailles et Antiquités
Where it is: Bibliothèque Nationale de France – 58, rue de Richelieu – 2e (map)
(Left in hall, top of the stairs)
When it’s free: Daily
Monday to Saturday – 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Sunday 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
How to get there: Bourse M3, Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre M7 or Pyramides M14

What to see: Fragonard (théâtre-musée des Capucines)
Where it is: 39, bd des Capucines – 2e (map)
When it’s free: Daily
Monday to Saturday – 9:00 AM  to 6:00 PM
Sunday and Holidays – 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
How to get there: Opéra M3, M7, M8 or Auber RER A

What it is: Musée du thé Mariage Frères
Where it is: 99, rue de Rivoli – Carrousel du Louvre, Place de la Pyramide inversée – 1e (map)
When it’s free: Daily – 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
How to get there: Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre M1, M7

What it is: Musée du Louvre
Where it is: 34, quai du Louvre – 1e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month from October 1st to March 31
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
How to get there: Palais-Royal – Musée du Louvre M1, M7

What it is: Musée de l’Orangerie
Where it is: Jardin des Tuileries – 1e (map)
When it’s free: First Sunday of the Month
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
How to get there: Concorde M1, M8, M12

What to see: Musée du Barreau de Paris
Where it is: 25, rue du Jour – 1e (map)
When it’s free: By appointment.
Call 01 47 83 50 03 and leave your information.
Guided tours are generally during the week around 2:30 PM.
How to get there: Les Halles M4 or RER A, RER B & RER D

What to see: Musée Compagnonnique
Where it is: 45, rue Berger – 1e (map)
When it’s free: Wednesday or by appointment – 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM
How to get there: Les Halles M4, Louvre-Rivoli M1

What to see: Musée Breguet
Where it is: 6, place Vendôme – 1e (map)
When it’s free: Tuesday or by appointment
How to get there: Opéra M3, M7, M8, Pyramides M14, Madeleine M8, M12, M14 or Tuileries M1