Plan your visit to the Palais des enfants

All the information you need to visit the Palais des enfants (Paris, 8th arrondissement) and its exhibition Transparency.

Vue de l'entrée du Palais des enfants avec une affiche de l'exposition "Transparence". On distingue au fond une silhouette, qui est la première sculpture visible pour les visiteurs de l'exposition.

The Palais de la découverte welcomes visitors to a newly renovated space dedicated to curious children aged 2 to 10: the Palais des enfants. 
 

Opening hours

  • Tuesday to Friday: 9.30 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday, Sunday and school holidays*: 9.30 am to 7 pm
  • Monday: closed

* zone C and summer holidays

Annual closing

  • 1 May, 14 July and 25 December

Getting to the museum

Palais des enfants
Grand Palais - Palais de la découverte

17 avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris 
Access through Jean Perrin square

Individual visitors enter via the entrance shared with the Grand Palais, avenue du Général Eisenhower. 

Vélib' bicycle hire stations nearby:

  • Station no. 8029 - 1, avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt
  • Station no. 8001 - avenue Dutuit

Metro:

  • lines 1 and 13, Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau metro station
  • lines 1 and 9, Franklin D. Roosevelt metro station

Bus: routes 28, 42, 52, 63, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93, Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées stop 

RER regional train: line C, Invalides train station

River shuttle (Batobus): Champs-Élysées stop

Car parks:

  • Rond-point des Champs-Élysées
  • Place de la Concorde
  • Parc François-1er
  • Alma George-V
  • Champs-Élysées Lincoln
  • Matignon

Ticket & prices

Full price

€13

  • For children aged 2 to 10 accompanied by an adult.
  • Adults and children must both have a ticket.
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Member price

€8

Visitors booking online will need to enter a valid membership number.

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Useful information!

  • Adults and children must both have a ticket.
  • Tickets are valid only for the booked date and time.
  • For reduced-price, free or member tickets: proof required during ticket control.
  • You must have a ticket even if admission is free.

Advance booking is recommended due to limited capacity. We also recommend arriving 15 minutes before your time slot to fully enjoy your visit.

Accessibility

Lifts are available and stop at all floors.

Wheelchairs, prams and headphones are available on request.

Advance booking is required for on-demand assisted visits organised by accessibility officers.

For your comfort, a range of equipment is provided free of charge: 

  • baby carriers, wheelchairs,
  • cane seats or rounded-tip canes,
  • magnifying glasses,
  • weighted blankets,
  • magnetic induction loop (for visitors with hearing impairments). 

Available from the cloakroom on presentation of proof of identity, these equipments must be returned at the end of the visit. 

French Sign Language (LSF) films for deaf visitors, "Touch and See" equipment for visually impaired visitors, and Braille on specific items for blind visitors are available at Transparency exhbition, at the Palais des enfants.

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