1st Sunday, low season — museums and monuments in France
110 museums and monuments in France: 1st Sunday, low season. Addresses, free-admission rules and directions.
110 museums
Ain
- Royal Monastery of Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse Monastère royal de Brou à Bourg-en-Bresse
Bourg-en-Bresse Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Voltaire's Château at Ferney Château de Voltaire à Ferney
Ferney-Voltaire Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Aisne
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Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Alpes-Maritimes
- Gardens of the International Perfume Museum (JMIP) Jardins du Musée International de la Parfumerie (JMIP)
Mouans-Sartoux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- International Museum of Perfume musée international de la parfumerie
Grasse Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Monastery of Saorge Monastère de Saorge
Saorge Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Museum of the Iron Mask and Fort Royal musée du Masque de fer et du Fort Royal
Cannes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Museum of World Explorations (former Musée de la Castre) Musée des explorations du monde (ancien musée de la Castre)
Cannes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- National Sports Museum musée national du Sport
Nice Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Trophy of Augustus at La Turbie Trophée d'Auguste à la Turbie
La Turbie Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Aube
- Château de la Motte-Tilly Château de La Motte-Tilly
La Motte-Tilly Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Aude
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Sallèles-d'Aude Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Carcassonne Castle and Ramparts Château et remparts de la cité de Carcassonne
Carcassonne Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
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Narbonne Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Roman Horreum Horreum romain
Narbonne Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
Aveyron
- Fenaille Museum musée Fenaille
Rodez Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Soulages Museum musée Soulages
Rodez Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
Bouches-du-Rhône
- Archaeological Site of Glanum Site archéologique de Glanum
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
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Marseille Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Montmajour Abbey Abbaye de Montmajour
Arles Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Charente-Maritime
- La Rochelle Maritime Museum musée maritime de La Rochelle
La Rochelle Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- La Rochelle Natural History Museum muséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle
La Rochelle Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- New World Museum musée du Nouveau Monde
La Rochelle Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Towers of La Rochelle Tours de La Rochelle
La Rochelle Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Cher
- Crypt and Tower of Bourges Cathedral Crypte et tour de la cathédrale de Bourges
Bourges Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Palace of Jacques Cœur Palais Jacques Cœur
Bourges Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Côte-d'Or
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Bussy-le-Grand Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Côtes-d'Armor
- Ernest Renan's House Maison d'Ernest Renan à Tréguier
Tréguier Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Deux-Sèvres
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Plaine-et-Vallées Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Dordogne
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Villars Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Périgord Museum of Art and Archaeology musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord
Périgueux Free on selected days each month
Free one day a week1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18Free for locals only
- Prehistoric Sites of the Vézère Valley Sites préhistoriques de la vallée de la Vézère
Montignac-Lascaux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Vesunna, Gallo-Roman Site-Museum Vesunna, site-musée gallo-romain
Périgueux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18Free for locals only
Doubs
- Besançon Cathedral and Astronomical Clock Cathédrale de Besançon et son horloge astronomique
Besançon Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Drôme
- Valence Museum of Art and Archaeology musée d'Art et d'Archéologie de Valence
Valence Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
Eure
- Museum of Impressionisms Giverny musée des impressionnismes Giverny
Giverny Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18Free for locals only
Eure-et-Loir
- Chartres Cathedral and Treasury Cathédrale et trésor de Chartres
Chartres Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Chartres Fine Arts Museum musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres
Chartres Free admission
Always free1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
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Châteaudun Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Finistère
- Barnenez Cairn Cairn de Barnenez
Plouezoc'h Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Breton Departmental Museum musée départemental breton
Quimper Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
Gard
- Fort Saint-André Fort Saint-André à Villeneuve-lez-Avignon
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Museum of Bullfighting Cultures Musée des Cultures Taurines
Nîmes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Museum of Romanity musée de la Romanité
Nîmes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
- Towers and Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes Tours et remparts d'Aigues-Mortes
Aigues-Mortes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Gironde
- Bordeaux Botanical Garden (Bastide Site) Jardin botanique de Bordeaux (site de la Bastide)
Bordeaux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
- Bordeaux Fine Arts Museum musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
Bordeaux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Bordeaux Museum of Decorative Arts musée des arts décoratifs de Bordeaux
Bordeaux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux
Bordeaux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Château de Cadillac Château ducal de Cadillac
Cadillac-sur-Garonne Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- La Sauve-Majeure Abbey Abbaye de La Sauve-Majeure
La Sauve Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Muséum de Bordeaux — Science and Nature Muséum de Bordeaux — sciences et nature
Bordeaux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
- Museum of Aquitaine Musée d'Aquitaine
Bordeaux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Pair-non-Pair Cave Grotte de Pair-non-Pair
Prignac-et-Marcamps Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Pey-Berland Tower, Bordeaux Tour Pey-Berland à Bordeaux
Bordeaux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Haute-Garonne
- Montmaurin Archaeological Sites and Museum Sites et musée archéologiques de Montmaurin
Montmaurin Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Haute-Loire
- Le Puy Cathedral Complex Ensemble cathédral du Puy-En-Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Haute-Savoie
- Château-Musée d'Annecy musée-château d'Annecy
Annecy Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
- Palais de l'Isle palais de l'Isle
Annecy Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
Hautes-Alpes
- Fortified Village of Mont-Dauphin Village fortifié Mont-Dauphin
Mont-Dauphin Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Hérault
- Ensérune Oppidum and Archaeological Museum Ensérune, oppidum et musée archéologique
Nissan-lez-Enserune Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Indre
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Bouges-le-Château Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- George Sand's House Maison de George Sand à Nohant
Nohant-Vic Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Indre-et-Loire
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Cheillé Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Cloister of the Psalette in Tours Cloître de la Psalette
Tours Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Loir-et-Cher
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Le Controis-en-Sologne Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Loire-Atlantique
- Château des Ducs de Bretagne — Nantes History Museum Château des ducs de Bretagne — Musée d'histoire de Nantes
Nantes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Jules Verne Museum musée Jules-Verne
Nantes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
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Rezé Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
- Nantes Arts Museum musée d'Arts de Nantes
Nantes Free on selected days each month
Free one day a week1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
- Nantes Natural History Museum (closed for renovation until 2029) Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nantes (fermé pour travaux jusqu'en 2029)
Nantes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
- Thomas Dobrée Museum musée départemental Thomas-Dobrée
Nantes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
Lot
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Assier Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
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Prudhomat Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
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Saint-Jean-Lespinasse Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Maine-et-Loire
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Angers Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Manche
- Christian Dior Museum musée Christian-Dior
Granville Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low season
- Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel
Le Mont-Saint-Michel Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Marne
- Towers of Reims Cathedral Tours de la cathédrale de Reims
Reims Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Morbihan
- Locmariaquer Megaliths Site des mégalithes de Locmariaquer
Locmariaquer Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Nord
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Croix Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Oise
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Pierrefonds Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Orne
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Carrouges Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Paris
- Arc de Triomphe Arc de triomphe
Paris Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18
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Paris Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18
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Paris Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
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Paris Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18
- Rodin Museum Musée Rodin
Paris Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 26Free under 18
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Paris Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18
- Towers of Notre-Dame de Paris Tours de Notre-Dame de Paris
Paris Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Puy-de-Dôme
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Sermentizon Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
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Villeneuve Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Pyrénées-Orientales
- Fortress of Salses Forteresse de Salses
Salses-le-Château Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Saône-et-Loire
- Cluny Abbey Abbaye de Cluny
Cluny Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Monks' Chapel of Berzé-la-Ville Chapelle des moines de Berzé-la-Ville
Berzé-la-Ville Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Seine-et-Marne
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Champs-sur-Marne Free admission
Always free1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18
Somme
- Towers and Treasury of Amiens Cathedral Tours et trésor de la cathédrale d'Amiens
Amiens Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Tarn
- Goya Museum musée Goya
Castres Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 18
Tarn-et-Garonne
- Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue
Ginals Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
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Gramont Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Val-de-Marne
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Vincennes Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18
Var
- Cloister of Fréjus Cathedral Cloître de la cathédrale de Fréjus
Fréjus Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Thoronet Abbey Abbaye du Thoronet
Le Thoronet Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Vendée
- Georges Clemenceau's House Maison de Georges Clemenceau à Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Vienne
- Charroux Abbey Abbaye de Charroux
Charroux Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
- Gallo-Roman Site of Sanxay Site gallo-romain de Sanxay
Sanxay Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Yvelines
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Maisons-Laffitte Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18
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Rambouillet Free admission
Always free1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18
- Palace of Versailles Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
Versailles Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonFree under 26Free under 18
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Poissy Free on selected days each month
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26Free under 18