Grand palais - activities

Paris 2024 Olympics: discover taekwondo, its history, its rules, its athletes

A martial art from South Korea, taekwondo is set to bring the Grand Palais to life this summer 2024, during the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. An opportunity to find out more about the sport.

The Palais de la Découverte: a science museum in the heart of the Grand Palais

Created for the 1937 Universal Exhibition, the Palais de la Découverte is a museum dedicated to science and experimentation. Here's everything you need to know about this museum housed in the Grand Palais, ahead of its reopening in 2025.

Grand Palais: opening hours, prices... everything you need to know about this architectural gem on the Champs-Elysées

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of the Grand Palais, an architectural gem in the heart of Paris. Discover its captivating history since the 1900 Universal Exhibition and explore its architecture, which blends classicism and Art Nouveau. With over 2 million visitors a year, this iconic building is a landmark of French art and culture. Opening hours, prices, practical information... we've got it all!

Grand Palais: partial opening in 2024 for fencing and Taekwondo events at the Paris Olympics

Renovation work on the Grand Palais began on Friday, March 12, 2021, and will last a minimum of three years. An "ephemeral Grand Palais" installed on the Champ-de-Mars is to replace it during the period, before scheduled delivery in 2025. The Nave and surrounding galleries will be open during the Paris 2024 Olympics, hosting the fencing and Taekwondo events.

Heritage Days 2023 : Alfred Picard's incredible Paris, an escape game at the Grand Palais

How about an escape game at the Grand Palais? On September 16 and 17, 2023, immerse yourself in Alfred Picard's Incredible Paris, a free outdoor escape game.

Palais Augmenté 2023 Festival at the Grand Palais Ephémère

The Rmn - Grand Palais and Fisheye invite you to discover Palais Augmenté, the festival dedicated to artistic creation in augmented reality. From June 23 to 25, 2023, discover the hidden works of the Grand Palais Éphémère.

Discover the new cultural offering of the Palais de la Découverte for its reopening in 2025.

Currently closed for renovations, the Palais de la Découverte has announced its new cultural offering for its reopening in 2025, featuring scientific experiments and laboratories for the whole family to learn while having fun!

Venice Revealed, the exhibition at the Grand Palais Immersif à Bastille - photos and video

The Grand Palais Immersif and Opéra Bastille invite lovers of the Serenissima to discover the digital exhibition, Venice Revealed, from September 21, 2022 to February 19, 2023. An unprecedented dive into the Venice of all mysteries, for a unique escapade in the city of lovers!

Museums Night 2022 at Paris Grand Palais: digital journey from your home

For Museums Night 2022, Paris Grand Palais offers us to enjoy an immersive and digital tour, to discover the story of this iconic venue. An event to enjoy on Saturday May 14, 2022.

White Night – Nuit Blanche 2021 on the façade of the Paris Grand Palais

For the White Night - this Saturday October 2, 2021 - the Grand Palais welcomes you outside, on the fences around the ongoing construction site, to discover the huge mural created by artist Nayel Zeaiter around the story of the building since 1900.

European Heritage Days 2021 around Paris Grand Palais

This year, the Grand Palais takes part in European Heritage Days in a different way. On September 18 and 19, 2021, an escape room makes you discover the secrets of this building created for the 1900 World’s Fair.

The ephemeral Grand Palais, the new temporary space on the Champ-de-Mars

In 2021, the Grand Palais moves to the Champ-de-Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. This 10,000 m² ephemeral monument will be open to visitors until 2024, the time needed to complete the major renovation of the prestigious Parisian landmark, which will host the Paris Olympic Games. Opening on June 12!

The terrace of Fluctuart, a cocktail bar in a floating urban art center

Want to enjoy the sun while sipping a good cocktail in a beautiful cultural place? Let's go to the open-air terrace of Fluctuart, a floating urban art center in the 7th arrondissement. It's also an opportunity to admire the breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower or the Grand Palais.

Noir et Blanc, the Grand Palais 100% digital photo exhibition

The Grand Palais teams up with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France to display “Noir et Blanc: une esthétique de la photographie” [Black and White: a photography aesthetic], an exhibition that was to discover at the Grand Palais. Unfortunately, the exhibition will not open to the public, but awaits on the Grand Palais website. Conference-tours are available online from February 18, to June 18, 2021.

From Alesia to Rome, the adventure of Napoleon III at the Musée d'archéologie nationale - closed

The Musée d'Archéologie Nationale takes us on a journey in the footsteps of Napoleon III through the exhibition "From Alesia to Rome". Through paintings, photographs, maps and numerous objects, we follow the last French emperor on his archaeological journey through Europe and the Mediterranean. An epic to experience from September 19, 2020 to February 15, 2021. The exhibition is closed until further notice.

Pompei, the exhibition at the Grand Palais / extra time

The Grand Palais devotes a digital exhibition to the latest excavations conducted in Pompeii and all the works of art discovered then. Postponed because of the coronavirus epidemic, the exhibition is running again from July 1 and enjoys extra time, up to November 2, 2020. The occasion to know more about the Antique Roman city.

The Rare Book Fair in September 2020 at the Grand Palais

The Salon du Livre rare et des objets d'art returns to the Grand Palais from September 18 to 20, 2020! For 3 days, the Grand Nave of the Parisian jewel will be transformed into a huge bookshop, offering the chance to discover the finest works, as well as to purchase them, and walk away with an exceptional piece of history!

Le mini palais, the Grand Palais restaurant

Situated between the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, this restaurant boasts one of the capital's finest locations and a menu to die for.

Day by day, Franck Scurti's studio at the Grand Palais this summer 2020

Franck Scurti is setting up his studio in the Nave of the Grand Palais and will be welcoming us every weekend from July 18 to August 23, 2020 for free meetings. He will continue his work on De la Maison au Studio (et vice versa), begun in 2012. His work will be on view to the public on Saturdays and Sundays.

Exhibitions at the Grand Palais and the Musée du Luxembourg are free for children under 26

Are the Grand Palais exhibitions free for young people under 26? This is the "Place aux Jeunes" operation, which runs from July to January 2021. If you register, you will be able to see the Pompeii exhibition, the Man Ray exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg and the Black and White exhibition (in September). Discover the conditions!