Mémorial de la Shoah à Drancy
Free museum-memorial facing the Cité de la Muette, devoted to the history of the Drancy internment camp between 1941 and 1944.
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About the museum
The Mémorial de la Shoah in Drancy is a museum-memorial located opposite the Cité de la Muette, in Drancy, Seine-Saint-Denis. Built in the 1930s as a housing estate, the complex was used from 1940 to hold prisoners of war, then from August 1941 until summer 1944 as an internment and transit camp for Jews in France. The site has been listed as a historic monument since 2001.
Opened in 2012, the memorial was designed by Swiss architect Roger Diener as a sober building oriented toward the estate. It is part of the network of the Mémorial de la Shoah. It houses the permanent exhibition, educational rooms, a conference hall with about 150 seats and a temporary exhibition space.
The permanent exhibition traces the history of the camp from 1941 to 1944, the daily life of the internees, the organization of convoys to the extermination camps, the fate of children and the memory of the site after the war. It draws on archives, photographs, a relief model of the camp, objects belonging to internees and about 30 video testimonies.
Highlights
- Free admission
- Permanent exhibition on the Drancy camp (1941–1944)
- Video testimonies of former internees
- Free guided tour every Sunday at 15:00
- Free audio guides in French and English
- View of the Cité de la Muette
Permanent exhibition
- Exposition permanente sur le camp de Drancy – A route through the history of the Drancy camp from 1941 to 1944, the lives of the internees, the deportations, the fate of the children and the memory of the site, with archives and video testimonies.
- Founded
- 2012
- Operated by
- Mémorial de la Shoah
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission, subject to available places. Guided visit of the site is free and requires no reservation every Sunday at 15:00. Audio guides in French and English are free.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The institution is listed as accessible to visitors with reduced mobility.
Kids & families
Only partly suitable for kids
- Family tours & workshops
The memorial offers guided visits, visit-workshops and activities for primary and secondary school classes; it does not publish a minimum age for individual visitors.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Place du 19 mars 1962 · 200 m
Metro line 5 to Bobigny Pablo Picasso, then bus 251 (Place du 19 mars 1962 stop); RER B to Le Bourget, then bus 143 (Square de la Libération) or 248 (Place du 19 mars 1962); RER E to Noisy-le-Sec, then bus 143 (Square de la Libération); tramway T1 to Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, then bus 151 (Place du 19 mars 1962).
By car
Parking available
Parking des 4 Routes, next to the memorial, and nearby streets; blue parking spaces in the Cité de la Muette opposite the museum (parking disc required, maximum stay 1 hour 30 minutes).
From the Place du 19 mars 1962 stop, the memorial is about 200 meters away.
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (FR, EN) |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Free guided tour of the site and the exhibition every Sunday at 15:00, free admission. One Sunday a month, a free shuttle without reservation links the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris (17 rue Geoffroy-l'Asnier, 75004 Paris, departure at 13:00) and Drancy (return at 17:45), subject to available places. Guided visits and workshops for primary and secondary school classes. |
