MUSEE NATIONAL PICASSO

The Picasso Museum is located in the Hôtel Salé, a mid-17th century private mansion in the heart of the Marais district. The museum proposes a visit in chronological order...

thereby showing how Picasso’s work evolved as he experimented with different styles, going from ink drawings to his blue and pink periods and finally sculpture. Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century; it is impossible to be unmoved by his work.
With his famous painting “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1907), the artist made a significant contribution to the birth of Cubism, a style of painting that fractured an image into several cubes or facets to give it an abstract geometric and often surreal aspect.
Don’t put off a visit to this extensive collection of Picasso’s work: the museum, which opened to the public in 1985, is scheduled to close in the first half of 2008 for the addition of an extension and is not expected to re-open until 2010.

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MUSEE NATIONAL PICASSO

Hôtel Salé 5, rue de Thorigny

75003

PARIS

Metro :

Saint Paul

RER :

Châtelet Les Halles

Bus :

29, 69, 75, 96

telephone number :

01 42 71 25 21

fax :

01 48 04 75 46

www.musee-picasso.fr

Access for persons with limited mobility

Tourisme & Handicap label

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Works by the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso given to the State after his death. Own collection of the artist.
The private mansion "Salé" was built between 1656 and 1659. Architect : Jean de Bourges.

Others informations

List of collections :

Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Engravings

Opening days and times

Open/Closed :

1st April - 30 Sept: 9.30am - 6pm.
1er Oct - 31 March: 9.30am - 5.30pm.

Cash desk closes at :

45 minutes before the closing of the museum

Days of week :

Open on those public holidays :

Individual tours

Independant tour :

Extra fee when temporary exhibitions.

Permanent collection : 6,70 Euros.

Permanent collection : 4 Euros.
Reduced fee everyday for 18-25yrs and for everyone on Sunday.

Guided tour :

Guided visit of the Hôtel Salé and its permanent collections by a guide of the museum.
3.05 Euros (no additional charge, no reservation).
1h : 4 Euros + entrance fee.
1h30 : 6 Euros + entrance fee.
2h : 8 Euros + entrance fee.

Guided visit in French at 3pm on Mondays and Fridays, in English at 11am the first Monday of the month, in Spanish the last Friday of the month (when these languages aren't required by any visitor, visit in French).
Appointment in the hall of the museum.

Free :

Free entrance for teachers and for everyone every first monthly Sunday.

Free for children :

Free for children under 18yrs.

Group tours

Group of adults with museum guide :

Entrance fee + 117,39 Euros (adults) or 86,90 Euros (old people).
Reservation : 6 months.

School groups with museum guide :

Entrance fee for students over 18, no entrance fee under 18 years.
77.75 Euros (students) or 45.73 Euros(schoolchildren) for the lecturer.
Reservation : 6 months.

Services

Foreign language tour :

English.

Foreign language information.

Educational activities.

Wheelchair hire.

Photo allowed :

No flash and no tripod.

Restaurant.

Gifts shop.

Room hire.

Other services :

Museum & Monuments pass		Child minding		Animals welcome
Bookshop

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MUSEE NATIONAL PICASSO