Heritage Days 2023: Unusual visits to the Paris Sewer Museum

How about going underground to celebrate the 40th Journées du Patrimoine? Every year, this cultural event allows many curious people to push open the doors of fascinating cultural sites, major institutions, castles and places usually closed to the public. The Heritage Days are also an opportunity to enter museums and indulge in unusual tours.

This is exactly what awaits you on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17, 2023, with this free tour of the Paris Sewer Museum.

Heritage Days 2023 at museums and art foundations in Paris and the Île-de-France region
During the Journées du Patrimoine 2023, many museums and art foundations will be opening their doors free of charge in Paris and the Île-de-France region. Join us on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17, 2023, for a program full of wonderful discoveries. [Read more]

Heritage Days 2023: Unusual visits to the Paris Sewer Museum
The Musée des égouts de Paris is taking part in the latest edition of the Journées du Patrimoine! Join us on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17, 2023 for free, unusual tours under the Paris asphalt. [Read more]

An opportunity to learn more about this immersive museum located underground. It's here that we discover the essential work of cleaning and maintenance in the sewers. The museum also explains the challenges of water regulation and treatment to protect the environment and the river, while walking above working sewers.

It's an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the major challenges facing Parisian wastewater treatment from yesterday to tomorrow, through an unusual visit featuring a museographic tour, models, interactive educational activities and multimedia.

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2023 Heritage Days program at the Musée des Égouts de Paris :

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So, are you ready to dive into the history of the Paris sewers?