Plan your visit to the Grand Palais with a tailored approach. Whether on your own or in a group, discover the services available to ensure a pleasant and accessible experience for all.
Welcome
The Grand Palais is committed to inclusion and cultural accessibility, with special attention to all audiences. Initiatives are specifically designed for visitors from social programs and their relays, with an approach that aims to consider everyone's needs and expectation. By providing support and adapted resources, the Grand Palais creates the conditions for discovery with art and heritage, ensuring each visit becomes a unique and enriching experience.
Job seekers: proof of benefits or France Travail card (Pôle Emploi) less than 6 months old
Recipients of minimum social benefits: valid proof of RSA, CMU, CMU complémentaire, PUMa, ASPA, or ASS beneficiary status; transport solidarity card
Authorization holders: temporary residence permit, refugee status application, or temporary residence card
Groups of visitors belonging to a social organisation: booking confirmation
Visitors with disabilities(with an accompanying person if need is specified): carte Mobilité Inclusion (CMI) marked "invalidité", "priorité" or equivalent for foreign nationals
War veterans with injuries (with an accompanying person): disability card issued by the Office National des Anciens Combattants
All visitors, including those benefiting from free admission, must present an entry fee, and online booking is strongly recommended.
Coming to the Grand Palais
Local transport, interactive map, access, timetables and services: plan your visit by consulting our practical information.
The Grand Palais makes culture accessible to all, including groups accompanied by professionals from the social sector.
Whether you are working with young people, individuals in social integration programs, or beneficiaries of social services, we offer tailored services, reduced rates, and customized visits.
For a guided experience, the 1.5-hour visit with a guide is available at €30 for groups of 4 to 25 people. Our engaging visits also provide an autonomous and interactive experience: an introductory video, a visitor’s booklet, and creative activities allow groups to explore the exhibition at their own pace and extend the experience after the visit.
Access to visits is through the Square Jean Perrin entrance, except for events held in the Nef.
We welcome you several times a year for dedicated events: tours of the building, presentation of programming and latest news... Check available dates or subscribe to our newsletter so you don't miss a thing!
Exhibitions overview in pictures
A two hour session to preview an exhibition’s content through images before its opening and help you plan your group visits.
Visits are reserved for professional relays or volunteer accompanying visitors from the social programs and those with disabilities or health conditions, by registration.
Wednesday, 21 January 2026, from 2pm to 4pm: presentation of the Grand Palais program and free visit to the event Eva Jospin, Grottesco · Claire Tabouret, D’un seul souffle (in french) - Registration
Awareness tours by reservation
A two hour session to experience the arrival route and circulation, view the premises, and familiarise yourself with the available spaces so that you can get to know the Grand Palais before accompanying a group there.
Visits are reserved for professional relays or volunteer accompanying visitors from the social programs and those with disabilities or health conditions, by registration.
Tuesday, 13 January 2026, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm : free admission to the Mickalene Thomas. All About Love exhibition (in french) - Registration
"Histoires d'art" offer presentation
A two-hour session dedicated to discovering the Histoires d’art face aux œuvres au musée du Louvre program and enjoying a guided tour led by our experienced guides within the museum.
Visits are reserved for professional relays or volunteer accompanying visitors from the social programs and those with disabilities or health conditions, by registration.
Discover
Explore the interactive map
Different areas of the Grand Palais, highlights to admire, and all practical information at a glance.
Game booklets for our current and past exhibitions.
Discover
Learn online
Extend the experience from home with our many online resources: videos, articles, games... Explore at your own pace and enrich your knowledge as you wish.
Explore history and art through Histoire par l’image to decipher works in their historical context, Panorama de l'art to discover the great artistic currents, Images d'Art to admire and collect works in high definition and the resources of GrandPalaisRmnPhoto to access an exceptional collection of art images.
Educational tools that make art accessible to as many people as possible!
Focusing on themes such as the Animal, the Object, the Portrait, the Landscape, Citizenship or Sport in art, our educational kits offer fun tools aimed at all profiles and adaptable to all contexts: schools, associations, medical...
Their mission? Reduce inequalities in access to art with board games, creative workshops and reproductions of quality works that require no prior knowledge, for anyone who wants to help discover art and learn in a different way.
Our accessibility missions
At the Grand Palais and throughout France, GrandPalaisRmn deploys its expertise to cultural projects aimed at promoting access to culture across the entire national territory and beyond.
The GrandPalaisRmn is a member of these 2 networks. They bring together some fifty cultural establishments in the Paris region to share their work, thoughts and resources, for the benefit of audiences from social programs and those with disabilities.
Ticket prices vary depending on the exhibition and the visitor's age. To find out all the conditions for discounts and free admission depending on our events, please check the pricing details for each event directly in our online program or during your booking process.
The Grand Palais is equipped with elevators, wheelchairs, and walking sticks with seats, available on request or for self-service.
Is the Grand Palais accessible to visitors with disabilities?
Yes, the Grand Palais is accessible to visitors with disabilities. The entrance to the Nave is equipped with accessible ramps. At Square Jean Perrin, the main entrance offers step-free access, followed by two elevators for visitors with reduced mobility. All public areas are also accessible. Wheelchairs and seat canes are available for self-service use. All toilets include at least one accessible cubicle. Additionally, adapted services are provided for visually and hearing-impaired visitors.
