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OPENING HOURS OF THE MUSÉE PICASSO |
| TUESDAY TO FRIDAY |
From 10h30 to 18h
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| SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS |
From 9.30 am to 6 pm
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HOLIDAYS
(EXCEPT MONDAYS) |
From 9.30 am to 6 pm
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Warning : Final admission is at 17h15. Luggage (suitcases of all sizes and bags of large capacity) is prohibited.
The museum is closed on the following days: every Monday, December 25, January 1 and May 1.
Admission is free for the following groups, upon presentation of a valid proof of identity: :
Entrée sans billet sur présentation d’un justificatif en cours de validité :
- Members of the museum *
- Persons with disabilities, along with an accompanying person *
- Jobseekers
- Beneficiaries of social benefits
- Anyone under 18 years of age
- Anyone under 26 years of age who is a resident of the European Union
- Members of ICOM / ICOMOS and IAIS on presentation of their card *
- MCC staff, upon presentation of cultural card *
- Teachers, upon presentation of their educational pass
- Artists who are affiliated to the artists' house, upon presentation of proof
- Tourist guides, upon presentation of the professional guide-lecturer card*
- Members of the Cité Internationale des Arts, upon presentation of their card
- Journalists, upon presentation of their press card
- Holders of a Paris Museum Pass *
- Sentinel card holders
- Sotheby's Preferred members *
- Holders of the Culture Pass Paris Première card
- For all: on the 1st Sunday of each month.
{*} Priority access
The Musée Picasso in a few words
In the aftermath of Picasso's death in 1973, it was decided to convert a Hotel in Paris into a museum dedicated to his life and work. The Hotel Salé stands in the Marais district and dates from the 17th century. It is a splendid structure, and is ideal for hosting the masterpieces of the founder of Cubism. After extensive construction work, the museum was inaugurated by François Mitterrand in 1985. Nowadays, it is a wonderful museum, and certainly the most extraordinary collection of Picasso's work anywhere in the world. Comprising works acquired by the state following a settlement after Picasso's death and supplemented by donations by his heirs, the collection gathers more than 200 paintings, 150 sculptures, 100 ceramic pieces and 3,000 drawings and prints. It is a collection of exceptional quality that the artist had always refused to sell in order to one day offer it to a French museum.
Did you Know?
It is said that Picasso spent a whole night alone in the Louvre to compare his paintings with those of the great masters. He came out satisfied with the results of the examination, and he knew that there might one day be a Picasso museum. He once said: "Give me a museum and I will fill it". With the Picasso National Museum, he succeeded.
