LES ARTS DECORATIFS - MUSEE DES ARTS DECORATIFS

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs offers visitors a chronological tour of its comprehensive collection of decorative arts from ... the Middle Ages to the present day, spread over an area of 9,000 sq. metres with about 6,000 items on display. Apart from its collections, the museum has seven other exhibition spaces: a thematic study gallery, a jewellery gallery, a toy gallery, a contemporary gallery and the Jean Dubuffet gallery, plus the 1900 salon and the Salon des Boiseries with its woodwork collection, not to mention the ground floor nave, which houses temporary exhibitions.
The museum is open from 11am to 6pm from Tuesday to Friday (until 9pm on Thursday) and from 10am to 6pm on weekends.

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Practical information

LES ARTS DECORATIFS - MUSEE DES ARTS DECORATIFS

107, rue de Rivoli

 75001

 PARIS

Metro :

Tuileries

Bus :

21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95

telephone number :

01 44 55 57 50

fax :

01 44 55 57 93

Access for persons with limited mobility

Tourisme & Handicap label



Museum

UCAD

The new Musée des Arts décoratifs reopened in September 2006, entirely renovated, with original sound and lighting as before. The museum brings together the representative productions from some of the greatest factories, artists, artisans and designers, be they cabinetmakers, goldsmiths, ceramicists, glassblowers or designers. The Decorative Arts is the only institution in the world able to pay tribute to all these names which made French styles and taste so famous: Boulle, Sèvres, Aubusson... All the trends are represented: from gothic to Louis XVI, from the Directoire to art nouveau, from art deco to design. The Musée des Arts décoratifs also has a jewellery gallery, toy gallery and a gallery devoted to Jean Dubuffet. - Mode et Textile (Fashion and fabrics). More than 81,000 works retrace the development of costume and accessories from the Regency period to the present day. The permanent collection has 16,000 costumes, 35,000 fashion accessories, 30,000 fabric pieces. These works cannot be exhibited on a permanent basis due to their fragility. They are displayed in temporary exhibitions. - Publicité (Publicity) In addition to exceptional collections of 100,000 early and contemporary posters, the publicity collections are enhanced by over 20,000 French of foreign films advertisements, more than 30,000 press advertisements, radio adverts, promotional items. These works cannot be exhibited on a permanent basis due to their fragility. They are displayed in temporary exhibitions. A multimedia library is open to all.

Others informations

Architecturals styles :

Monumental

List of collections :

Jewellery, Sculpture, History, Painting, Decorative Arts, Furniture

Opening days and times

Open/Closed :

From Tuesday to Friday : 11am - 6pm.
Saturdays and Sundays : 10am - 6pm.

Cash desk closes at :

Last admission 30 minutes before the closing of the museum.

Days of week :

Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday
Sunday

Open on those public holidays :

Easter Easter Monday 1 May
8 May Ascension Day Whitsuntide
Whit Monday 14 July 15 August
1 November 11 November 25 December

Horaire nocturne :

Late opening on Thursday until 9pm.

Individual tours

Independant tour :

. Museums 107 (Decorative Arts Museum + Fashion and Textiles Museum + Advertisement Museum) or temporary exhibitions: 8 €. Reduced fee: 6.50 € (18-25yrs).
. Combined ticket: Museums 107 + temporary exhibitions: 12 €. Reduced fee: 9.50 € (18-25yrs).
. Combined ticket: Museums 107 + Nissim de Camondo Muséum (63, rue de Monceau - 8è) : 10.50 €. Tarif réduit : 8 € (18-25yrs).

Free :

Disabled persons, ICOM…

Free for children :

Free for children under 18 (permanent collection only).

Group tours

Group tour :

Booking compulsory. Adults: 01 44 55 59 26. Under 18s: 01 44 55 59 25 / 59 75.

Services

Foreign language tour :

English, German, Spanish.

Foreign language information :

English

Educational activities.

Combined ticket :

with the Musée Nissim de Camondo

Audio guide :

included in the access fee

Wheelchair hire :

The museum is accessible to the disabled with
a lift at 105, rue de Rivoli - 75001.

Photo allowed.

Viewpoint :

Jardins des Tuileries

Restaurant :

Le Saut du Loup : 01 42 56 26 11

Gifts shop :

Art Mode Design : 01 42 60 64 94.

Room hire.

Other services :

Museum & Monuments pass Child minding Animals welcome
Bookshop

District

See the map Champs-Elysées/Louvre

Champs-Elysées/Louvre