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COVID-19 : Nos visites sont annulées jusqu’au 19 juillet inclus. Après cette date, toutes les visites reprennent excepté pour les sites suivants qui reprendront en septembre/octobre : Rungis, CNAM, Manufacture des Gobelins, Mobilier National, Unesco, Musée YSL /////// Our tours are canceled until July 19th. After this date, all our tours resume except for Rungis Market, CNAM, Manufacture des Gobelins and Mobilier National, UNESCO and Yves Saint Laurent Museum for which the visits will resume in September/October.
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Secrets of Les Invalides - from 1st October 2020

Les Invalides – Army Museum
Guided tours of the Musée de l'Armée will resume from 20 July under special conditions.

Find all of the health measures implemented under "Essential information" lower left on this page.

>> For a visit between 20th July and 30th September 2020, click here

This unusual guided tour will offer you the opportunity to enter into the heart of the Hôtel national des Invalides in Paris. You will discover anecdotes, unusual facts and legends all along the tour.

Your guide will begin with a presentation of the history and architecture of Les Invalides, which will allow you to get an insight of the daily routine of the residents who lived there back in the 17thcentury.
As a privileged visitor, you will discover the splendid reception halls of the Army Museum, the Ornano Salons. Your guided tour will then continue in the Cathedral Saint-Louis des Invalides and areas that are normally closed to the public, where you will discover some stories related to the French Revolution as well as the mysterious presence of Rouget de Lisle at Les Invalides.

Your guided tour will end at the monumental Dome Church –a military pantheon in which the graves of Turenne, Vauban, Foch, Lyautey and Napoleon I are housed, under its magnificent golden cupola. Your guide will tell you the mysterious works that were carried out to build the Dôme des Invalides, the extraordinary adventures of Napoleon statue, as well as legends about the Emperor’s death in 1821 on the island of St. Helena, or even how the 14th of July has started in the Invalides.

New! For your visit's comfort, your ticket includes the rental of an audiophone, as well as access to collections and temporary exhibitions. It will allow you to continue your exploration of the Musée de l'Armée in complete freedom at the end of your guided tour.
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Min. billing : 1 per person - Max per group : 25 per person

For preferential rates related to age, proof of identity will be required. Access may be refused in case of non compliance with the age limits.

Essential information

Health and safety measures related to COVID 19:
The Army Museum wish to offer you a safe, warm welcome and guarantee respect for physical distancing and protective measures to ensure your peace of mind.
Wearing a mask (not provided) is compulsory for visitors over 11 years old, and the tour circuit is designed to respect a one-way traffic flow. Similarly, signage is present throughout the site and recalls the barrier measures to be observed.
For everyone's safety, our guides and the Musée de l'Armée staff will be wearing masks.
Hydroalcoholic gel is made available in the museum spaces.

Additional information
MEETING POINT
Until 30 September, the meeting point is located at the north reception of the museum, at 129 rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris.
From 1 October, go to the south reception (left of the Dome Church, access Place Vauban).

Due to the events programmed in the Musée de l’Armée, the access to the Quesnoy salon cannot be guaranteed.
Thank you to arrive 20 minutes before the hour of your visit.
Do not forget to print your countermarks, you need it for the access the site.

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Additional informations

  • Address
    • Les Invalides – Army Museum
    • 129 rue de Grenelle
    • 75007 Paris
  • Access
    • Métro : La Tour Maubourg (L8), Invalides (L8), Varennes (L13), Saint François-Xavier (L13)
    • Bus : 28, 69, 82, 92, 63, 83, 93

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