Access and opening hours

You should plan on about 1 hour and a half for a meaningful tour of the permanent collection and 45 minutes more for the temporary exhibition (on the ground floor).

The museum ticket is valid with no time-limits throughout the day but any exit is definitive.

It depends on the size of the luggage: only bags not over the maximum measurements of 45 x 100 x 62 cm are allowed.

However, owing to the Vigipirate security measures, suitcases, cabin suitcases and cumbersome luggage are strictly forbidden inside the museum.
For less cumbersome bags, a free baggage-check service is available to visitors, within the limit of available room. It is not possible to visit the museum with a shopping trolley.

For more information please consult Article 7 as well as Title 2 (relative to baggage storage) of the Musée Guimet Visitors’ Rules 

A plan of the museum (in French and English) is available at the museum reception as well as the tickets control level.

Paid thematic lectures-visits of the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions are organised by the museum (check the calendar of activities proposed).

Free presentations in the permanent collections are proposed on the first Sunday of the month (enrolment on the spot, without reservation, within the limits of available places).

The museum does not offer visit audio-guide type assistance.

Belly baby carriers, strollers, and folding strollers are allowed in the museum. But be careful: baby buggies and baby back carriers (not folding) are not permitted. 

A baby-changing table is available in the third-floor lavatories.

For visitors  with reduced mobility, the access to the principal site is by a ramp, located to the left of the stairs on the Place d’Iéna. For your comfort, it is preferable to be accompanied to take it.

Access to the inside of the building is by the first door after the ramp.

An elevator and lifts serve the different levels of the museum rooms.

Two wheelchairs are available at the museum reception on deposit of an identity document. It is not possible to reserve the wheelchairs.

The Hôtel d’Heidelbach and the Musée d’Ennery are not accessible to persons with reduced mobility.

For equipped hard-of-hearing visitors: the reception, cash registers, boutique and auditorium are fitted with a magnetic loop.

Guide and support dogs are permitted (on presentation of a medical attestation). For more information please follow this link.

Lectures-visits intended for visitors with a disability are proposed by the Pole de l’Action Culturelle. To discover the programme please follow this link. 

The Japanese garden is accessible to everyone from April to November with the same hours as the Hôtel d’Heidelbach (closed from 11.30 AM to 2.30 PM), except in case of a special event (specific  lectures-visits, European Days of the Patrimony, Rendez-vous des jardins, tea ceremonies organised by the Museum, etc.) or if weather conditions are not favourable.

For more information consult the practical information for the Hôtel d’Heidelbach.

The Musée d’Ennery can be visited in the context of lecture-visits. Reservation is made online or directly at the cashier desk on the main site at Iéna (there is no cashier in situ).

For more information consult accessibility and timetables.

The panoramic terrace of the main museum is accessible all year round during the museum opening hours except in case of bad weather or special events. In winter, for reasons of security, access ends at 5 PM.

A bookshop-boutique of the Réunion des musées nationaux (RMN) is accessible during museum opening hours. Access is possible without a ticket.

From July to October, Goku Rooftop, a restauration offer, is open on the terrace from 11 AM to 5.30 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays, and from 11 AM to 11.30 PM on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. 

The “Palais des porcelaines” restaurant-tearoom,  on the garden level, is open from 10 AM to 5.45 PM.

We remind you that it is formally forbidden to eat or drink inside the museum except in the restaurant. However, drinking water is tolerated if the container is kept inside a bag during the visit.

The library is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10 AM to 5 PM.

Library documents can be consulted on site, in the Reading Room.

Consultation is consented to persons justifying a professional or personal university-level research that requires consulting the library collections. Access to the reading room is free and requires a registration on site with an identity document.

To search for works you can consult the general Catalogue of the National Museums libraries.

For more information, please follow this link.

The works may be photographed or filmed for private use, unless otherwise stated owing to the respect for copyrights. For the visitors’ comfort and the conservation of certain works, using flashes, lamps and other lighting devices is forbidden. In the rooms displaying temporary exhibitions shots are allowed save otherwise noted. It is forbidden to photograph or film installations and technical equipment as well as the museum personnel without their previous agreement.

For further information please consult title 5 of the Musée Guimet Visitor Rules.

For professional shots and films, please follow this link.

Only freehand drawings with pencils and colour pencils are allowed. Charcoal, pastel, watercolour, ink and felt pens are forbidden.

Only guide or assistance dogs (on presentation of a medical certificate) are authorised. 

If you are still inside the museum you can go to the Reception desk located in the entrance hall.

If you are no longer inside the museum, we invite you to call the reception desk during museum visiting hours at +33 (0)1 56 52 54 33.

For information, restitution will be made to the owner only, during museum opening hours in the two months following the date of the find. Later, the object is sent to the Service des Objets trouvés of the Préfecture de Paris, rue des Morillons (75015).

You can sign up for the Lettre d’Information in the Menu at the bottom of the page of the museum site.