Easter vacations 2025: the family program at the Paris Museum of Natural History

During the spring vacations of 2025, young Parisians and Ile-de-France residents enjoy two weeks without school: for the occasion, we're off to (re)discover the various sites that make up the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, from the Musée de l'Homme to the Jardin des Plantes, via the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution or the Galerie de Paléonthologie, the Parc Zoologique de Paris.... All of which are offering a program specially designed for young visitors.

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In addition to current exhibitions such as Wax at the Musée de l'Homme and Déserts at the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle is offering creative workshops, educational activities and guided family tours to help you discover, awaken and marvel during the Easter vacations.

The Easter 2025 program at the Paris Museum of Natural History:

Jardin des Plantes

Discovering deserts! (exhibition)

• From April 2

Festive weekend around the exhibition

• Story readings, shows, meetings, creative workshops, guided tours, flash animations...
• Saturday April 26 and Sunday April 27
• All ages, from 6 upwards

Braid your animal - workshop

• Mondays, Fridays and Sundays at 14
• Ages 8 and up

Dans les plis des déserts - workshop

• Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2 p.m.
• Ages 7 and up

Guided tours of the exhibition

• Wednesdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. (ages 6 and up), Thursdays and Saturdays at 11 a.m. (ages 12 and up)
• For the whole family, ages 6 and up

Children's Saturday

• Creative workshop "Odilon Redon's butterflies", Saturdays April 12 and 19 at 2:30pm
• Children's visit to the Jardin des Plantes Menagerie, "Qui se ressemble s'assemble!", Saturday April 19 at 10:30 a.m.
• Children's visit to the Jardin des Plantes Menagerie, "Ma première découverte du jardin", Saturday April 12 at 10.30 am
• Family visit to the Menagerie, "L'Affaire du Thé vert", Mondays and Fridays at 11 a.m., ages 6 and up
• Planetary (r)evolution workshop, Mondays, Fridays and Sundays (except April 27) at 2pm, ages 8 and up.

At the Musée de l'Homme

Wax exhibition

The Savoir-faire family - workshop

• Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 11:15 a.m.

Underwater archaeology - animation

• Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 3 p.m.

At the Paris Zoological Park

• Animations and guided feedings
• Egg hunt

Easter egg hunt 2025 at the Parc Zoologique de Paris
The Parc zoologique de Paris - more commonly known as Zoo de Vincennes - invites you to come and celebrate Easter on Sunday April 20 and Monday April 21, 2025. On the program? Fun activities, an egg hunt and an egg-decorating competition, so you can spend a wonderful day with the animals! [Read more]

Happy vacations at the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris!