Exhibitions in Paris in December 2026

Immersive

La Renaissance : Léonard de Vinci, Raphaël, Michel-Ange

Atelier des Lumières · 11th

Today 10:00 – 22:00

Head to the Atelier des Lumières to discover the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

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Remember Me

Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection · 1st

Opens in 12 days

This autumn, the Bourse de Commerce is organising a photography exhibition to celebrate 200 years of photography.

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Musée de l'Institut du Monde Arabe

L'Institut du Monde Arabe · 5th

Museum levels 7/5/4 entrance level 7 Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 10 am to 7 pm Early closing at 5 pm: 24 and 31 December Closed on 1 May Free admission (granted unique

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Les grands âges

Musée de l'Homme · 16th

The exhibition presents old age through photographs. It combines artistic and scientific elements to present ageing as a biological, demographic, and social reality.

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Art du trompe-l'œil

Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Discover the art of trompe-l'œil in Korea by visiting university libraries. Let yourself be surprised by the visual tricks and unique illusions of these fascinating places.

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Le savoir en trompe-l’œil. Corée

Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Discover the art of trompe-l'œil in Korea by visiting university libraries. Allow yourself to be surprised by the visual tricks and unique illusions of these fascinating places.

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Droit d'Entrée au Musée + Exposition Premières Nations

Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac · 7th

First slot in 4 days

Museum ticket + Access to the exhibition «Premières Nations» Access to permanent collections and the following temporary exhibitions: - «Premières Nations» From 29 September to 17 January 2027 - «Plumes de P

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Droit d'entrée au Musée

Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac · 7th

Today 10:30 – 19:00

This ticket provides access to both the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:30 AM to 7:00 PM, Thursdays from 10:30 AM to 10:00 PM (ticket counters close at 6:00 PM;…

Immersive

Renaissance

Atelier des Lumières · 11th

Today 10:00 – 22:00

Exhibition at ATELIER DES LUMIÈRES — official Ticketmaster ticketing.

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Billet Musée Picasso-Paris - La Collection

Musée national Picasso-Paris · 3rd

Today 10:30 – 18:00

Entry within 30 minutes of the reserved time slot Closed on Mondays and 1st May Free admission: under 26s who are EU members, under 18s, job seekers, recipients of minimum social benefits, disabled people and one…

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Coll. Permanentes & Expo. Temporaires

Guimet - Musée National des Arts Asiatiques · 16th

Exhibition at GUIMET - MUSÉE NATIONAL DES ARTS ASIATIQUES — official Ticketmaster ticketing.

History

Marc Bloch

Le Panthéon · 5th

Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Panthéon on June 23, 2026, alongside his wife Simonne.

Science & nature

Animalia

Hôtel de la Marine · 8th

The Al Thani Collection at the Hôtel de la Marine showcases how various cultures from around the world have been influenced by animals throughout the ages.

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Cezanne et nous - Billet Simple

Le Grand Palais · 8th

Cezanne et nous From 23 September 2026 to 17 January 2027 Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 7:30pm - Late opening on Fridays until 10pm An unprecedented exhibition dedicated to Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) and

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Cezanne et nous - Billet Liberté

Le Grand Palais · 8th

Cezanne et nous From 23 September 2026 to 17 January 2027 Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 7:30pm - Late opening on Friday until 10pm A unique exhibition dedicated to Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) and to

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Premières Nations

Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac · 7th

Opens in 4 days

You will be able to admire unique works of art created by the First Nations of the American Northwest along the coastline.

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La matière de l'artiste

Musée Bourdelle · 15th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Discover an exhibition dedicated to how artists, from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, used clothing to enhance their image and present their work.

Contemporary art

Simone Fattal : Des villes au fond d'un lac

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

The exhibition presents around a hundred works, covering more than 50 years of her artistic career.

Contemporary art

Kerry James Marshall : Les Histoires

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Kerry James Marshall is a contemporary painter known for his large-format works featuring Black people.

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Monet

Musée de l’Orangerie · 1st

Opens in 5 days

In 2026, the Musée de l’Orangerie will host an exhibition dedicated to the work of Claude Monet and his relationship with time, on the occasion of the centenary of his death.

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Exposition Belmondo, le Magnifique

La Cinémathèque française · 12th

First slot in 12 days

Please note: for combined expo+Méliès museum tickets -> access to the Méliès museum is on the same day as the exhibition visit. Free entry for children under 6 is granted only on-site at the Cinémathèque

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Mary Cassatt : L'indépendance

Musée d'Orsay · 7th

Opens in 11 days

Discover a temporary exhibition dedicated to Mary Cassatt, a major figure of Impressionism, on the occasion of the centenary of her death.

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Histoires du paysage : de Monet à Hockney (1890-2026)

Musée Marmottan Monet · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

The exhibition traces the evolution of landscape painting from the 19th century to the present day.

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Histoires de paysages. De Monet à Hockney (1890-2026)

Musée Marmottan Monet · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

The exhibition traces the evolution of landscape, from its triumph in the 19th century to its contemporary reinventions.

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Mary Cassatt. L'indépendante

Musée d'Orsay · 7th

Opens in 11 days

The Musée d'Orsay is organising a temporary exhibition dedicated to Mary Cassatt, a major figure of Impressionism, to mark the centenary of her death.

Contemporary art

Auguste Bartholdi. La Liberté éclairant le monde

Musée d'Orsay · 7th

Today 09:30 – 18:00

From 15 September 2026 to 31 January 2027, the Musée d’Orsay will host an exhibition dedicated to Auguste Bartholdi.

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Voir Tahiti

Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac · 7th

Opens in 4 days

The museum presents the very first photographs of French Polynesia, dating from 1859 to 1870.

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Vies minuscules

Le Panthéon · 5th

In autumn 2026, head to the Panthéon to discover the exhibition “Vies minuscules”, organised by the Centre Pompidou and the Centre des monuments nationaux.

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Kurt schwitters. Le chaos-monde 1918–1948

Musée national Picasso-Paris · 3rd

Opens in 11 days

From October 2026 to February 2027, head to the Musée national Picasso-Paris to discover the exhibition “Kurt Schwitters.

Contemporary art

Le cirque : une usine d'art moderne

Musée de Montmartre · 18th

Opens in 3 weeks

This museum pays tribute to the circus that entertained the residents of Montmartre for nearly a century.

Science & nature

Vija Celmins

Musée de l’Orangerie · 1st

Opens in 5 days

This contemporary exhibition honours Vija Celmins, known for her meticulous works depicting surfaces such as the ocean, desert, sky, and snow.

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Jenny Holzer : J'ai Vu

Musée d'Orsay · 7th

Opens in 4 weeks

Head to the Musée d’Orsay to discover an exhibition dedicated to American artist Jenny Holzer.

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Jenny Holzer. J'ai vu

Musée d'Orsay · 7th

Opens in 4 weeks

American artist Jenny Holzer presents an exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay. The exhibition highlights text fragments from the museum's collections and significant writings from the period.

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Exposition Vive la Mariée ! Algérie - Maroc - Tunisie

L'Institut du Monde Arabe · 5th

First slot in 4 days

From Tuesday, September 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027 Hours/Days: Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays from 10 am to 7 pm Early closing at 5 pm (last entry at 4 pm) on December 24…

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Les Secrets de l'Alhambra

L'Institut du Monde Arabe · 5th

First slot in 2 months

Exhibition halls levels +1 / +2 From Tuesday, November 24, 2026 to Sunday, May 16, 2027 Closed on Mondays. Last entry 1 hour before closing. Late opening on Wednesdays until 9:30 PM. Tuesday to Friday from 10 AM to 6…

Science & nature

Magie

Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie · 19th

Opens in 18 days

The temporary exhibition “Magic” will demonstrate how contemporary magic draws upon science and technology.

Science & nature

Esprit critique

Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie · 19th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Learn to critically evaluate information at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie. This temporary exhibition uses captivating narratives to explain how cognitive mechanisms and social phenomena influence decisions.

Science & nature

Frontière

Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie · 19th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Borders influence our world in multiple ways. Discover their role and impact at the exhibition at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie.

Contemporary art

Visites-conférences pour les collections permanentes

Musée Bourdelle · 15th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Discover the history of the Musée Bourdelle and the masterpieces in its permanent collections.

Contemporary art

The History of Tears

Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection · 1st

Opens in 12 days

Pinault Collection presents an exhibition by American artist Barbara Kruger, “The History of Tears,” in the Rotunda and the twenty-four display cases of the Bourse de Commerce.

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Planète Océan

Atelier des Lumières · 11th

Opens in 3 weeks

Dive into the heart of a magnificent and unprecedented underwater adventure at the Atelier des Lumières! From October 16th, experience a 50-minute sensory and poetic odyssey, from surface waters to the most mysterious…

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Daniel Dezeuze

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris maintains, through its history, a privileged link with the Supports/Surfaces group, which it presented for the first time under this name at the ARC in 1970. Among its founders, Daniel…

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Mariella Simoni

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

The singular artistic trajectory of Mariella Simoni (born in 1948) revisits the connections between conceptual art and abstraction, between poetry and matter. Originally from the Lake Garda region in Italy, the artist…

Contemporary art

Stéphane Bordarier

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Since the mid-1980s, Stéphane Bordarier (born in 1953) has developed a body of work that is part of the historical movement in which painting becomes its own subject. Unique in the contemporary art landscape, his…

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Jean-François Bauret

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Jean-François Bauret (1932-2014) is one of the most renowned French photographers of his generation. He is primarily remembered for his nudes and his work in advertising. In his responses to commissions as well as in…

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Tenter l’art pour soigner - À l’hôpital psychiatrique de Blida-Joinville dans les années 1960

L'Institut du Monde Arabe · 5th

In 2021, the Institut du monde arabe museum received a generous donation: a collection of archives, painted ceramics, and numerous gouache drawings, executed in the late 1960s during social therapy workshops conducted…

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Le monde selon Penn

Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection · 1st

Today 11:00 – 21:00

From the 1940s to the early 2000s, “Le monde selon Penn” traces Irving Penn's journey in Galerie 2 through an exceptional collection of photographs from the Pinault Collection.

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Stan Douglas. Parallax

Jeu de Paume · 1st

Opens in 4 weeks

Since the late 1980s, Stan Douglas has developed an ambitious body of work that questions how history is constructed, represented, and transmitted. Through complex narrative devices, he highlights the mechanisms by…

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La grande aventure du savoir médical

L'Institut du Monde Arabe · 5th

Opens in 18 days

Curated by Dr. Philippe Abastado, clinical cardiologist and research director in epistemology applied to medicine at Paris 7 University, the exhibition explores the transmission of medical knowledge, from Antiquity to…

Contemporary art

Visite en famille

Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection · 1st

Opens in 16 days

"Abracadabra!" The artists in the exhibition "Clair-obscur" play alchemists: they are interested in the four elements – fire, water, air, and earth – and use astonishing materials (charcoal, precious stones, objects,…