Musée du Luxembourg

Om museet

The history of the Musée du Luxembourg begins in 1750, when part of the Palais du Luxembourg was opened to the public to display old paintings, including Rubens’s cycle on the life of Marie de’ Medici. It was then the first museum of old art open to the public. In 1818, Louis XVIII decided to set up a museum devoted to living artists there; the most admired works were then transferred to the Louvre after the death of their creators.

In 1879 the Senate asked to occupy the entire palace. In exchange, it financed the transformation of the orangery, where the museum settled in 1886 and remained for half a century. The museum closed in 1937, and its collections were distributed among the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Centre Pompidou. The building then remained unused for a long time.

Since 1979 the site has again hosted exhibitions. The Senate has managed it since 2000 and entrusted it to GrandPalaisRmn in 2010. The museum no longer has a permanent collection: each year it presents two major exhibitions, devoted for example to 20th-century modernity, photography or women artists. It is closed between exhibitions and has a bookshop and a tea room.

Højdepunkter

• Two major art exhibitions a year
• First museum of old art open to the public in France, in 1750
• Location next to the Jardin du Luxembourg
• Mademoiselle Angelina tea room
• Late opening on Mondays until 22:00

Grundlagt

1750

Ejer

Sénat (gestion déléguée au GrandPalaisRmn)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Booking online is recommended but not compulsory; it incurs a €1.50 booking fee per ticket, except for children. Also free with proof for recipients of the RSA socle or ASS, holders of the ASPA, journalists, ICOM members, museum curators, holders of the Carte Culture and tour guides.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Lift access is reserved for people with reduced mobility: report to the security officer on the forecourt. Wheelchair lent on nominative reservation 48 hours in advance. Free parking for holders of CMI-S, CES or GIG/GIC cards on nearby streets. Induction loop for audioguides. Specific tours for groups (sign language, visual impairment, intellectual disability) on request; partnership with Souffleurs d’Images.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

Free entry for under-16s; activity booklets and family visits listed in the museum’s events calendar.

Transport & parkering

Bicycle racks at the corner of rue de Vaugirard and rue Guynemer, 50 metres from the museum.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik
• Garderobe: findes ikke
• Opbevaringsskabe: findes ikke

Mademoiselle Angelina tea room at the museum entrance, open during museum hours while the exhibition is running. Bookshop. The museum has no left-luggage facility: luggage up to 115 cm is accepted at the discretion of the security staff.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 350 personer.

Private hire outside opening hours for 1 to 350 people, including a visit of the exhibition and optionally a breakfast or reception; night-time guided tours on Mondays.

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