Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace

Over het museum

The museum was founded in 1919 at the initiative of French military aviation and is regarded as one of the oldest aviation museums in the world. It was first installed at Chalais-Meudon, before moving in 1975 to Paris-Le Bourget airport, a symbolic site of French aviation where Charles Lindbergh landed in 1927 after crossing the Atlantic.

The collections trace the history of flight, from the first balloons and the pioneers to space exploration. They are displayed in several halls and on the tarmac: combat and passenger aircraft, helicopters, missiles, rockets and satellites. Among the best-known exhibits are Concorde, the Boeing 747 and the Ariane rocket.

The museum is a public institution attached to the Ministry of the Armed Forces. It also offers a planetarium, a control tower, simulators and a play area for children. Works to redevelop the museum’s surroundings continue until autumn 2027.

Hoogtepunten

• Concorde and Boeing 747, which can be visited
• Space Hall with rockets and satellites
• Aircraft of the pioneers and of the First World War
• Helicopter Hall and Hall de la Cocarde
• Planète Pilote, planetarium and control tower
• Touch tables devoted to the A380, the Jaguar and the Concorde

Vaste collectie

• Grande Galerie et halls d'aviation – Aircraft and helicopters from the history of aviation, from the pioneers to military and civilian machines.
• Hall de l'Espace – Rockets, satellites and objects from space exploration.
• Concorde et Boeing 747 – Visit to the interior of large passenger aircraft, included in the ticket.

Opgericht

1919

Beheerder

Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (établissement public sous tutelle du ministère des Armées)

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 317.532

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: First Sunday of the month.

The “Check In & Boarding Pass” ticket includes access to the halls and to the aircraft that can be walked through (Boeing 747, Douglas C-47 and the two Concordes). The “Check In” entry alone is free for visitors under 26. The museum also mentions the Pass Infini and the Paris Museum Pass.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Three wheelchairs are available for visitors with reduced mobility. Four touch tables provide access to the terminal, the A380, the Jaguar A91 and the Concorde. Easy-read booklets (FALC) are lent at reception on request. The audiovisual content in the Space Hall has subtitles. Lifts serve the Grande Galerie and ramps lead to the other halls.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte
• Speeltuin / speelhoek
• Kinderfeestjes

Free Héli bags from age 4; activity booklets and family workshops from age 6 (surcharge). Planète Pilote offers over 40 interactive stations for 6- to 12-year-olds. The Le Cocon area for 0- to 3-year-olds and a games library are freely accessible. Birthday parties for groups of up to 14 children, with lunch optionally at L’Hélice. Changing tables in several halls. Strollers are allowed in the halls and on the tarmac, but not in the aircraft.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car, take the A1 from the Porte de la Chapelle, exit no. 5 “Aéroport du Bourget”, or the N2. Works on the RER B line may change timetables.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumwinkel

L’Hélice café-restaurant (hot buffet, view of the tarmac) and the “La boutique du Pilote” shop. Baby-changing room in the Le Cocon area for children aged 0 to 3.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Zakelijke evenementen

Hire of halls, rooms, mezzanines, the tarmac and the Boeing 747 for meetings, receptions and large events. Rates and capacities on request.

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