Le Musée des Arts Forains

Visit the Pavillons de Bercy - Musée des Arts Forains

- Our museum can only be visited with prior booking for a guided tour and tickets cannot be purchased directly at the museum. Please ensure you book online in advance.

- Our guided tours are conducted in French, but we provide non-French-speaking visitors an English leaflet. Tours are scheduled all year-round, on Wednesdays, weekends and every day during the French school holidays. All our tour guides are comedians who will take you on a 90-minute journey through our different venues, allowing you to ride some of our ancient carrousels and enjoy mechanical music shows.

- At the end of the year, we organize the Festival du Merveilleux. This is the only time when the public can explore our rooms without a guide. This festive event is filled with by many small shows throughout the day.

PLEASE NOTE: Metro line 14, which serves the museum, is sometimes closed for maintenance. Be sure to check your route before purchasing tickets on the RATP website.

French guided tour

Our museum is accessible year-round through guided tours only. Prior booking is required. We open tour slots for online booking two weeks in advance. As our private museum also hosts private events, it’s not always possible to schedule tours. Feel free to contact us before planning your visit.

Tours are usually scheduled on Wednesdays, weekends, and every day during French school holidays.

No access to the museum on Sunday 03/30, Sat. 04/05, Sat. 04/26, Sunday 04/27/, Wed. 04/30, Sat. 05/ 24

Please note that this tour is conducted in French. We provide a handout in English to help non-French-speaking visitors follow the tour. Our tours in English are primarily scheduled during the summer.

The tour lasts one and a half hours and is recommended for children aged 5 and above.

Rates include a €0.80 fee for online purchases.
Tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable.

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English guided tour (occasionally)

The museum is accessible only with prior booking. For non-French-speaking visitors eager to discover a hidden gem in Paris, we occasionally schedule a few English tours during the summer.

We mainly schedule one English tour per week during the summer. If no English tours are available, please check the more frequent French tours. For French tours, we provide an English handout to help non-French speakers follow along.

Please note that there is often transportation maintenance during the summer. Make sure to check your itinerary on the RATP website before your visit.

We open tour slots for online booking two weeks in advance. As our private museum also hosts private events, it’s not always possible to schedule tours. Feel free to contact us before planning your visit.

The tour lasts one and a half hours and is recommended for children aged 5 and above.

See more tours in french

Rates include a €0.80 fee for online purchases.

Buy your tickets