Public rates

Group tour : 12,00 €/adult - 9,00 €/child (-18years) - 5,50 €/pupil
1 tour guide for 20/35 ppl.
School rate valid for booking of 2 consecutive visits for 1 hour.

Fixed departure (individuals) : 13,50 €/adult - 9,50 €/child (-18years)
1 tour guide for 1/35 ppl.

Private tour (individuals) : 215,00 €/gp + 13,50 €/adult - 9,50 €/child (-18years)
1 dedicated tour guide.

The special feature of the “Beaux Arts” is that its purpose is not only to show (as a museum) but also to teach (as a school). Each statue, painting or building, has a hidden pedagogic value, besides its cultural aspect, that our guide will gladly let you discover such as the tombs of the Chapel of the Praises, the Last Judgement of Michelangelo created by Sigalon (whose accomplishment caused his death) or even the door of the “Chateau de Diane de Poitiers”. The principal art styles and epochs are presented to you, accompanied by the anecdotes of your guide which will demystify the dominant features of the Classical paintings and Baroque sculptures, particular to the Academy.

Initially installed in the Louvre, then moved to the “Convent of Petits Augustins”, the “Beaux Arts” reunites several buildings, one of which was the first French museum to be opened to the public. If Ingres the painter and Duban the architect are the figureheads of this fairytale-like place, the “Beaux-Arts” combine inspiration from many others artists in the world. The collections of the Masters (more than 500.000 works, including those of Rembrandt or Raphaël) and the buildings are a constant source of inspiration for the artists who study there: how could one not learn amidst the polychromic glass courtyard, the Amphitheatre of Honour and the “Hotel de Chimay” where Matisse himself learned how to draw!

Informations Paris School of Fine Art

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