Histoire & Patrimoine Museums in Île-de-France

Château de Versailles

The National Museum of the Châteaux of Versailles and Trianon is a site museum occupying the national estate of Versailles, in Yvelines. A former royal residence palace transformed…

Place d'Armes

Le Grand Trianon

The Grand Trianon is a palace built in 1687 by Jules Hardouin-Mansart on the estate of Versailles, replacing the Porcelain Trianon constructed by Louis XIV in 1670. A building of r…

Porte Saint-Antoine

Musée de Cluny - Musée national du Moyen Âge

The Cluny Museum - National Museum of the Middle Ages is a site museum located in Paris in Île-de-France. Its collections focus on the history and art of the Middle Ages, exploring…

28 Rue du Sommerard

Musée des Égouts de Paris

The Paris Sewers Museum is a local history museum located beneath the Seine, near the Pont de l'Alma in the 7th arrondissement. It features a permanent exhibition dedicated to the…

Esplanade Habib Bourguiba, Pont de l'Alma

Musée national de la Marine de Paris

The National Maritime Museum of Paris, located at the Trocadéro, is an institution dedicated to maritime history and contemporary maritime issues. Its collections explore the relat…

17 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre

Château de Dourdan

The Dourdan Castle Museum is housed in a medieval fortress located in Essonne, in the Île-de-France region. It presents the fortified castle and its outbuildings through a museogra…

Pl. du Général de Gaulle

Musée national de la Légion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie

Housed in the Hôtel de Salm on the forecourt of the Musée d'Orsay, the National Museum of the Legion of Honor and Orders of Chivalry is dedicated to the history of French and forei…

2 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur

Château-Musée de Nemours

The Château-Musée de Nemours is a cultural institution located in Nemours, in Seine-et-Marne. Housed in a castle listed as a historical monument, the museum offers both self-guided…

Cour du Château, 1 Rue Gautier 1er

Musée archéologique du Val-d'Oise

The Archaeological Museum of Val d'Oise (MADVO), located in Guiry-en-Vexin in the French Vexin, is a site museum classified as. Set up on two levels, it presents collections spanni…

4 Place du Château

Espace Richaud

The Richaud Space is a cultural center and museum located in Versailles, in the Yvelines. Installed in the premises of a former hospital bearing this name, it hosts temporary exhib…

78 Bd de la Reine

Musée de la vie d'autrefois

The Museum of Life in Former Times, created in 2017 in Ormes-sur-Voulzie in Seine-et-Marne, is a history museum dedicated to French daily life between 1800 and 1950. Occupying 3,50…

Frilure

La Maison de Fer

The Maison de Fer is a museum of history and architecture located in Poissy, in Yvelines. Housed in a remarkably reconstructed and restored building, it offers exhibitions devoted…

2ter All. des Glaieuls

Salle du Jeu de Paume

The Jeu de Paume Hall, located in Versailles in the Yvelines, is a site museum under the national heritage authority. Formerly a royal exercise and recreational hall built in 1686,…

1 Rue du Jeu de Paume

Musée d'histoire Urbaine et Sociale

The Museum of Urban and Social History of Suresnes is dedicated to urban history and social urbanism of the interwar period. Located in Suresnes in the Hauts-de-Seine, it preserves…

dit Coluche, 1 place Michel Colucci

Musée des Véhicules de la Libération

The Univem - Museum of Liberation Vehicles is a non-profit association founded on volunteer work, dedicated to the restoration and preservation of military vehicles, particularly t…

Rte de Baillot

Musée d'Histoire Locale

The Museum of Local History, installed in the former town hall of Rueil-Malmaison, traces the history of the municipality through thematically organized collections. Labeled since…

Place du 11 Novembre 1918

Palais du Roi de Rome

The Palace of the King of Rome is a historic building located in Rambouillet, in Yvelines. Built between 1809 and 1811 by architect Auguste Famin at the request of Napoleon I, this…

Pl. du Roi de Rome

Musée du Barreau de Paris

The Paris Bar Museum, located in Paris, documents several centuries of legal history and the legal profession in France. Its collections cover various fields: the careers of male a…

25 Rue du Jour

Pigeonnier

The national museum of the châteaux of Versailles and Trianon is a site museum located within the national domain of Versailles, in Yvelines. The Trianon estate, created by Louis X…

Musée du costume militaire

The Military Costume Museum is located in Sainte-Mesme, in Yvelines, in the Île-de-France region. It is dedicated to the presentation and preservation of military uniforms and cost…

1 Rue Charles Legaigneur

Musée municipal Ducastel-Vera

The Ducastel-Vera Municipal Museum is a municipal museum located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in Yvelines. It manages several heritage spaces, including the Royal Apothecary, classifi…

Villa Eugénie-Désoyer, 3 Rue Henri IV, Jard. des Arts

Kléber Rossillon

Kléber Rossillon is a heritage and tourism site management company founded in 1995. The organization ensures the operation and promotion of twelve cultural venues in France and Bel…

27 Rue du Général Foy

Musée de Bois-Blanc

The Bois-Blanc Museum is located in Cheptainville, a municipality in Essonne in the Île-de-France region. A general museum, it is part of the local heritage offering. Information r…

au parc, 8 Chem. du Cimetiere

Musée de Port-Royal des Champs

The Port-Royal des Champs Museum is a national estate located in Magny-les-Hameaux, in Yvelines. Established as a museum, it preserves and presents collections of engravings and dr…

Rte des Granges de Port-Royal, 78114 Magny-les-Hameaux, France

Musée du service de santé des armées du Val-de-Grâce

The museum of the armed forces health service of Val-de-Grâce, established in Paris, is a museum. It is dedicated to the history and collections of the French military health servi…

1 Pl. Alphonse Laveran, 75005 Paris, France

Musée Dunoyer de Segonzac

The Dunoyer de Segonzac museum is a museum located in Boussy-Saint-Antoine in Essonne. Classified as a site museum, it is part of an approach to preserve and enhance local heritage…

5 Pl. des Droits de l'Homme, 91800 Boussy-Saint-Antoine, France

Musée Emile Jean

The Emile Jean museum is located in Villiers-sur-Marne, in Val-de-Marne. It has benefited from the label "" within the meaning of the Heritage Code since 2003, which recognizes its…

31 Rue Louis Lenoir, 94350 Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Musée français de la carte à jouer et galerie d'histoire de la ville

The French Playing Card Museum and City History Gallery is located in Issy-les-Moulineaux in Hauts-de-Seine. It is dedicated to two complementary fields: the heritage linked to pla…

16 Rue Auguste Gervais, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Musée municipal des Capucins

The Capucins municipal museum is housed in the Notre-Dame des Anges church, built in 1617 by Catherine of Gonzaga, Duchess of Longueville, in the heart of the Capucins park in Coul…

77120 Coulommiers, France

Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois Préau

The National Museum of the Châteaux of Malmaison and Bois-Préau, located in Rueil-Malmaison in the Hauts-de-Seine, is a site museum dedicated to Napoleonic residences. It presents…

12 Av. du Château de la Malmaison, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France

ARCHÉA, Archéologie en Pays de France

ARCHÉA is a museum dedicated to the archaeology of the Pays de France, a historic region in Val d'Oise in Île-de-France. Located in Louvres, it relies notably on excavations from t…

56 Rue de Paris, 95380 Louvres, France

Château de Sceaux, musée départemental

The Château de Sceaux, a departmental museum of the Hauts-de-Seine, is a labeled institution. Located in Sceaux in the Île-de-France region, it stands out for its historic park, cl…

All. d'Honneur, 92330 Sceaux, France

Musée Adrien Mentienne

The Adrien Mentienne Museum is located in Bry-sur-Marne, in Val-de-Marne, in the Île-de-France region. It is subject to the conservation and accessibility standards defined by the…

6B Gd Rue Charles de Gaulle, 94360 Bry-sur-Marne, France

Musée Alfred Bonno

The Alfred Bonno Museum is located in Chelles in Seine-et-Marne, in the Île-de-France region. It is part of the network of recognized French museum institutions. The museum bears t…

58 Rue Louis Eterlet, 77500 Chelles, France

Musée Bossuet

The Bossuet Museum is located in Meaux, in Seine-et-Marne, in the heart of the Episcopal City. It is part of a heritage complex that also includes the Bossuet Garden, the Old Chapt…

5 Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 77100 Meaux, France

Musée d'archéologie nationale - château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

The National Archaeology Museum, located in the château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, covers the period from the origins to the year one thousand. As an institution, it brings together…

1 Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

Musée de l'armée

The Army Museum is a public institution located in Paris, within the National Hôtel des Invalides. Holding the label, it collects and preserves collections of weapons, armor, artil…

129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France

Musée de la Gendarmerie

The Museum of the Gendarmerie is located in Melun, in Seine-et-Marne. It is dedicated to the history and collections of the National Gendarmerie. The museum documents the evolution…

Av. du Treizième Dragons, 77000 Melun, France

Musée des Avelines - musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Cloud

The Avelines Museum is an art and history museum located in Saint-Cloud, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is dedicated to the history of the city and its architectural heritage, particularly…

60 Rue Gounod, 92210 Saint-Cloud, France

Musée de Saint-Maur

The Saint-Maur - Villa Médicis Museum is located in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, in Val-de-Marne, in the Île-de-France region. Labeled since February 2003, it benefits from the instituti…

5 Rue Saint-Hilaire, 94210 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France

Musée d'art et d'histoire militaire

The Museum of Art and Military History is located in Fontainebleau, in Seine-et-Marne. Recognized as, it is dedicated to collections of art and military history. The museum is part…

77300 Fontainebleau, France

Musée municipal Robert Dubois-Corneau

The Robert Dubois-Corneau municipal museum, located in Brunoy in Essonne, occupies the former residence of historian Robert Dubois-Corneau (1876-1951), who devoted his life to the…

16 Rue du Réveillon, 91800 Brunoy, France

Musée de la Libération de Paris - musée du général Leclerc - musée Jean Moulin

The Museum of the Liberation of Paris – General Leclerc Museum – Jean Moulin Museum is an establishment of the City of Paris located at 4, avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, in th…

4 Av. du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, 75014 Paris, France

Musée de la ville

The City Museum is an ecomuseum located in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, in the Yvelines, in the Île-de-France region. Labeled as a "museum of France" within the meaning of the Heritage…

Quai François Truffaut, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France

Musée de Provins et du provinois

The Provins and Provinois Museum is housed in the Maison Romane, one of the oldest civil buildings in Provins, whose 12th-century façade and diamond-shaped window are remarkable ar…

7 Rue du Palais, 77160 Provins, France

Musée des Plans-Reliefs

The Museum of Relief Maps is located in Paris, in the Île-de-France region. It has held the "Museum of France" label since 2002, under the Heritage Code. This museum is dedicated t…

Hôtel national des Invalides, 129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France

Musée du domaine royal de Marly Louveciennes

The Museum of the Royal Estate of Marly Louveciennes, located in Marly-le-Roi in the Yvelines, is a museum created in 1969. Situated in the heart of the historic park of Louis XIV'…

1 Rue du Parc de Marly, 78160 Marly-le-Roi, France

Musée de l'assistance publique - hôpitaux de Paris

The Museum of Public Assistance – Hospitals of Paris is a museum located in Paris. It is devoted to the history of public assistance and the Parisian hospital system. The museum is…

78 Rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Musée Carnavalet - histoire de Paris

The Carnavalet Museum – History of Paris is the oldest municipal museum in the capital. Located in the heart of the Marais, on rue Madame de Sévigné in the 3rd arrondissement, it i…

23 Rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris, France

Musée de la Grande Guerre

The Museum of the Great War is an institution dedicated to the history of World War I, located in Meaux in Seine-et-Marne. It houses a collection of nearly 70,000 objects and docum…

Rue Lazare Ponticelli, 77100 Meaux, France