Paris history, science and world-culture museums

The short answer

Choose by subject, then check the closing day. According to SkyGate's listings, all eight products are single-museum admissions you redeem yourself, with no guide, so the real differences are what each museum covers and what each ticket leaves out.[19][17][15][13][11][8][6][3]

Around the Trocadéro and Iéna: four museums, two closing days

The Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac ticket covers the permanent collection and the temporary exhibitions, and SkyGate describes some 3,500 works from Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas.[3] The museum, at 37 quai Branly, lists its opening days as Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:30 am to 7 pm and until 10 pm on Thursdays.[4] SkyGate's listing says you must book a free time slot on the museum's site for an exhibition called Kimono, but the museum's exhibitions page read on 3 October 2026 does not list it; it lists First Nations, Seeing Tahiti, Plumes from Paradise and 1913–1923: the Spirit of the Times, among others.[5] SkyGate also says big bags, suitcases and pets are not allowed.[3]

The Musée de l'Homme product is a single option titled Skip The Line Admission, covering the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions; SkyGate's listing does not explain what skip the line means there. SkyGate describes a museum of human origins with 350 skulls, 20 preserved animal brains and a café with views of the Eiffel Tower, and says cloakrooms are free.[6] The museum, at 17 place du Trocadéro, says it is open every day except Tuesdays.[7]

The Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet: Entry Ticket is general admission to collections that SkyGate says run from Afghanistan to Japan. The option text does not say whether temporary exhibitions are included, although the product description mentions them.[8] The museum, at 6 place d'Iéna, opens every day except Tuesday from 10 am to 6 pm, and says its admission ticket does not include the Maison Guimet, which is open only for guided tours.[9] Its current exhibition, Knowledge in trompe-l'œil, Korea (18th–20th century), runs from 16 September 2026 to 4 January 2027, and visitors with suitcases of any size are not admitted, according to the museum.[10]

The Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine product admits you to the permanent exhibition only; temporary exhibitions are not mentioned in the option.[11] The Cité, at 1 place du Trocadéro, opens every day except Tuesday from 11 am to 7 pm, until 9 pm on Thursdays, and presents three galleries: monumental sculpture casts, murals and stained glass, and modern and contemporary architecture.[12] SkyGate's listing names casts of the Vézelay portal and Notre-Dame among the highlights, and says no luggage is allowed inside.[11]

XTOUR's reading: on a Tuesday the Quai Branly is the one of these four that opens, and on a Monday it is the one that does not.

Military history or coins: Les Invalides or the Monnaie

The Musée de l'Armée - Les Invalides: Priority Entrance option gives access to the permanent and temporary exhibitions, and the voucher tells you to show your phone ticket at the ticket holders line. Its option text does not name the Dôme des Invalides, although the product's highlights mention Napoleon's tomb there.[13] The museum says its own Museum and exhibitions ticket covers the permanent collections, the church of the Dome, the tomb of Napoleon I, the current temporary exhibition, the Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération and the Musée des Plans-Reliefs. It opens every day from 10 am to 6 pm, is closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December, and stays open late on the first Friday of each month, according to the museum.[14] SkyGate's listing says under-18s enter free with valid ID.[13] See the Musée de l'Armée - Les Invalides page on XTOUR.

The Musée de la Monnaie de Paris Ticket is a single admission on the date and time slot you choose. SkyGate describes coins from antiquity to the euro and views of working production spaces alongside the galleries. Its listing says visitors under 26 enter free and can book a free ticket on the official website, which matters because SkyGate's option sells only an adult ticket for ages 26 and over.[15] The Monnaie, at 11 quai de Conti, lists the museum as open from 11 am to 6 pm, closed on Mondays and public holidays, with a late opening on Wednesdays until 9 pm.[16]

The Second World War in Paris: Musée de la Libération de Paris Ticket

Read this one carefully, because you may not need it. The museum says its permanent collections can be visited free of charge, and that its Robert Capa, War Photographer exhibition, open from 18 February to 20 December 2026, is ticketed.[2] SkyGate sells a single Admission option and says temporary exhibitions are included with it, so what this ticket buys is in effect the exhibition. SkyGate's listing also says under-18s and job-seekers enter free.[1] XTOUR stops offering the ticket after 20 December 2026 (Paris time), the exhibition's last day. See the Musée de la Libération de Paris page on XTOUR.

Science: the Cité des Sciences or the Arts et Métiers

The Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie (City of Science and Industry) Museum ticket covers the Planetarium, Argonaute, the Metamorphose exhibition and all temporary exhibitions. SkyGate's listing says time slots for the Planetarium and current exhibitions are booked on site, subject to availability, and that the Cité des Enfants is not included.[17] The operator, at 30 avenue Corentin-Cariou in the 19th arrondissement, presents the Cité des Enfants for ages 2 to 6 and 5 to 10.[18] According to SkyGate, children under 2 enter free, reduced tickets for ages 2 to 5 are sold on site, and there are no lockers.[17]

The Musée des Arts et Métiers ticket covers the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. SkyGate lists a Foucault pendulum, Clément Ader's first flying machine and the original model of the Statue of Liberty, and says the audio guide is extra.[19] The museum, at 60 rue Réaumur, opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm, with a late opening on Fridays until 9 pm, and announces an exhibition on the building of the Statue of Liberty from 22 September 2026.[20] SkyGate's listing says entry is free for everyone on the first Sunday of the month and on Friday evenings, and that suitcases and wheeled bags are not allowed.[19]

XTOUR's reading: the Cité des Sciences suits hands-on exhibits and the planetarium, and the Arts et Métiers suits historic machines and instruments.

How to choose

• World cultures and non-Western art: the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac.
• Human evolution: the Musée de l'Homme.
• Asian art: the Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet: Entry Ticket.
• Architecture and monument casts: the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (permanent exhibition only).
• Military history and Les Invalides: the Musée de l'Armée - Les Invalides: Priority Entrance.
• The Robert Capa exhibition at the Musée de la Libération de Paris: buy the ticket; for its free permanent collections alone, you do not need one.[1][2]
• Coins and metal crafts: the Musée de la Monnaie de Paris Ticket, for visitors 26 and over.
• Planetarium and interactive science: the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie (City of Science and Industry) Museum.
• Historic inventions: the Musée des Arts et Métiers.

Before you book

• The Musée de l'Homme, the Guimet and the Cité de l'architecture are closed on Tuesdays, according to their own sites.[12][9][7]
• The Monnaie de Paris is closed on Mondays and public holidays, according to the Monnaie.[16]
• If the Quai Branly's Kimono time-slot note applies to your visit, check the museum's site; its exhibitions page did not list Kimono on 3 October 2026.[5]
• Cité des Sciences time slots for the Planetarium are booked on site, according to SkyGate.[17]