Families

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To enjoy the marvels of Parisian museums and monuments as a family, what could be better? Awaken the curiosity of your children by communicating your own interest in art and science, share the thrill of a trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower, the bell-towers of Notre Dame Cathedral or the Montparnasse Tower. Many museums and monuments offer guided visits and workshops for kids, accompanied or not by their parents, Painting at the Parc de la Villette who can perhaps take the chance to have a break or do some shopping. Most are free for under-18s, or reductions apply if not. These activities and guided tours give rise to an extra charge and often need to be booked in advance. It’s worth knowing too that large families can often benefit from special reductions in certain museums. Finally, the museum and monument pass, for grown-ups, is just the ticket for families: your high-spirited offspring can accompany you free of charge, without having to queue.

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Perrault’s fairy tales

Perrault’s fairy tales

Once upon a time there was a fairy-tale castle in the heart of the Chevreuse valley… and this one really does exist. The gardens and outbuildings of the Château de Breteuil host seven animated playlets featuring the wonderful characters of Charles Perrault’s tales...

La Cité des Enfants

La Cité des Enfants

All year round.
Your children keep asking you questions about themselves and the world around them, and you don’t always have the answers. Don’t panic: take them along to the Cité des Enfants at the Parc de la Villette’s Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie!...

Tropical Aquarium

Tropical Aquarium

All year.

Are you aware that the Palais de la Porte Dorée in the 12th arrondissement has housed a Tropical Aquarium since the 1931 Colonial Exhibition?...

Centre de la mer (Marine Centre)

Centre de la mer (Marine Centre)

All year. Show me a butterfly fish! What does a clown fish eat? Have you ever seen a sea urchin? To have all the answers to your kids’ questions about marine life, why not take the whole family on a trip to the Centre de la Mer?...

La Géode

La Géode

All year round. Stunningly beautiful geographical locations, spectacular natural phenomena, thrills and chills: you’ll be gobsmacked, shaken and stirred at the Géode...

Les Etoiles du Rex

Les Etoiles du Rex

The Grand Rex, the biggest cinema in Europe, invites you to step behind the scenes and plunge into its starstruck past.

Grande Galerie de l’Evolution

Grande Galerie de l’Evolution

All year
Ever seen a couagga zebra, a Jackson’s hartebeest or a Sumatran tiger? No? Then it’s time you visited the Grande Galerie de l’Evolution at the Musée d’Histoire Naturelle...

Musée Grévin

Musée Grévin

All year round
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If you’ve always wanted to see Madonna, Pablo Picasso, Spiderman, French pop star Lorie, Louis Armstrong, Albert Einstein or Louis XIV, go along to the Musée Grévin and say hello to their waxworks...