Going to museums with children: a guide to family-friendly spaces in Parisian cultural venues

Published by Margot de Sortiraparis · Photos by Margot de Sortiraparis · Updated on August 26, 2025 at 10:29 a.m.
With their rigid airs, the almost-imposed silence in the collections and the seriousness of Parisian cultural venues, it's hard to imagine a museum outing with children, or even worse, with toddlers. However, over the last few years, more and more kid-friendly facilities have sprung up at the very heart of the capital's major cultural venues: for a fun, cultural outing with the kids, follow the guide!

Museums aren't always the most suitable outings for children: they quickly lose focus, there's no space to let off steam or keep busy, the exhibits aren't always suitable... That's why some cultural venues have decided to adapt to a family audience, with children's itineraries to discover works of art with educational tools, workshops coupled with guided tours, interactive and truly playful installations... Why not take the whole family to the museum?

Preferential rates, free admission for under-25s, fun installations or exhibitions at children's height: Parisian museums are vying with each other to attract a more family-friendly audience to their collections. Interactive platforms, digital immersions, games, riddles and children's trails: set off on a cultural and kid-friendly outing in Paris!

Throughout the year, one free weekend a month (approximately, from September to June) at the museum is offered to families: with free admission for all, family weekends at the museum welcome young and old alike with fun and original activities(workshops, demonstrations, tastings, investigations, guided tours, storytelling or music). It's the cultural event not to be missed with children!

Our favorite kid-friendly spaces for a trip to the museum and with the kids in Paris:

L'Atelier Rodin, l'activité pour les enfants à faire au musée Rodin, du 15 avril au 27 août 2023 - 2E396C82 EA22 4A8B A948 A00620FF4217L'Atelier Rodin, l'activité pour les enfants à faire au musée Rodin, du 15 avril au 27 août 2023 - 2E396C82 EA22 4A8B A948 A00620FF4217L'Atelier Rodin, l'activité pour les enfants à faire au musée Rodin, du 15 avril au 27 août 2023 - 2E396C82 EA22 4A8B A948 A00620FF4217L'Atelier Rodin, l'activité pour les enfants à faire au musée Rodin, du 15 avril au 27 août 2023 - 2E396C82 EA22 4A8B A948 A00620FF4217 The Rodin Workshop, a creative space for children, is back for a new season at the Rodin Museum.
Learn the art of sculpture firsthand in the world of one of France’s most renowned artists! From April 11 to September 6, 2026, the Rodin Museum opens its Atelier Rodin, offering young art enthusiasts the chance to explore sculpture. Discover the exciting new features of the 2026 season. [Read more]

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Want to go to the museum but with your family, things get complicated: the kids get bored, you can't run around or let off steam, the exhibition doesn't interest your youngest ones...So, don't worry, the Centre Georges Pompidou has created an exhibition space specially designed for the little ones, so they can discover modern and contemporary art with activities just for them! [Read more]

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The kids friendly devices and installations of the moment:

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Free family weekends at the museum :

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Family exhibitions of the moment :

Expériences invalides - Articles rédactionExpériences invalides - Articles rédactionExpériences invalides - Articles rédactionExpériences invalides - Articles rédaction AURA INVALIDES, the must-see sound and light show in Paris
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