Musée national de la Marine de Paris

Om museet

The collection dates back to 1748, when Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, inspector of the Navy, gave Louis XV the ship and harbor models he had gathered in the naval arsenals. It was installed at the Louvre in 1752 in a “Salle de Marine” intended to train future shipbuilding engineers. The naval museum was reorganized at the Louvre in 1827 and in the 19th century was enriched with paintings, historical documents and ethnographic collections brought back from expeditions, including models of traditional boats assembled by Admiral Pâris.

Attached to the Ministry of the Navy in 1919, the museum moved to the new Palais de Chaillot, built for the 1937 World’s Fair, and opened its galleries there from the 1940s. For several decades it broadened its scope to include underwater exploration, the merchant navy, recreational sailing and hydrography, and for a long time ran a network of museums along the coast.

The Paris site closed to the public in 2017 and reopened after six years of work with a completely redesigned route. Four “Escales” (ports of call) present the major ensembles of the collection: ship models, navigation instruments, naval sculpture and the series of Views of the Ports of France by Joseph Vernet. Three “Traversées” (crossings) address current maritime issues: trade and ports, storms and shipwrecks, and France’s naval power. The museum is now part of a network of five sites with Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort and Toulon.

Højdepunkter

• Ship models up to nearly five meters long
• La Réale, the galley of the Sun King, and its carved decoration
• Series of Views of the Ports of France by Joseph Vernet
• Navigation instruments, from charts to satellites
• Mezzanine restaurant with a view of the Eiffel Tower

Permanente udstillinger

• Les Escales – Four galleries devoted to ship models, navigation instruments, naval sculpture and the Views of the Ports of France by Joseph Vernet.
• Les Traversées – Three spaces on maritime trade and ports, storms and shipwrecks, and the history of the French Navy.

Grundlagt

1827

Ejer

Musée national de la Marine (réseau de cinq sites : Paris, Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort, Toulon)

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 86.966

Entrépriser & rabatter

The ticket gives access to the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, subject to availability. The museum is not free on the first Sunday of the month. It is accessible with the Paris Museum Pass and the Pass Patrimoine. The annual membership, from €34, gives free and unlimited access to all of the museum’s sites. Online booking is strongly recommended. Payment at the ticket desk: cash, bank card, cheque, chèque-vacances and chèque culture.

Tilgængelighed

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

The entire museum is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility thanks to lifts. Wheelchairs can be borrowed free of charge at reception. Induction loops at the ticket desks and the Acceo service for deaf or hard-of-hearing visitors (exchange in LSF, LPC or in writing). The La Boussole app offers routes in sign language, with audio description and in easy-to-read language. Only guide dogs are admitted. The Kléber-Longchamp car park has 3 reserved spaces.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Barnevognsvenlig
• Puslerum
• Børnefødselsdage

Storytelling visits from birth, guided tours and workshop-visits for ages 3 to 12, a young-visitor route in the La Boussole app, and the “sac du marin” (sailor’s bag) for children aged 3 to 5. Pushchairs, baby carriers and sit-on strollers are lent free of charge; a quiet space with a nursing chair is located in the entrance hall. Birthday parties are organized by the museum.

Transport & parkering

The museum is housed in the Passy wing of the Palais de Chaillot. Vélib’ stations nearby.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumsbutik
• Garderobe
• Opbevaringsskabe

The Café de la Marine, on the mezzanine on the first floor, is open every day except Tuesday from 11:00 (cocottes, verrines, tea room). Bookshop and gift shop open during museum hours. Coded lockers in the entrance hall; suitcases are not allowed. Self-service power banks in the hall.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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