Five museums in the Marais are open to you, and three of them are free. The Carnavalet, the Maison de Victor Hugo and the Mémorial de la Shoah cost nothing; the Musée Picasso and the mahJ charge. The sixth, the Centre Pompidou, is closed until 2030. No museum ticket comes with the Le Marais guided tours, so plan one for after your walk.
Every figure here is the museum's own. Most of them close on Monday, and the Mémorial closes on Saturday instead. Prices are in euros, as each museum publishes them.
| Museum | Admission | Open | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musée Carnavalet | Permanent collections free | Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–18:00 | Monday, 1 January, 1 May, 25 December |
| Maison de Victor Hugo | Permanent collections free; exhibitions €11, €9 reduced | Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–18:00 | Monday |
| Musée Picasso | €16; free first Sunday, under-18s, EU residents under 26 | Tuesday–Sunday 9:30–18:00 | Monday, 1 January, 1 May, 25 December |
| mahJ | €13; free under 18 and first Saturday, October–June | Tuesday–Friday 11:00–18:00 (Wednesday to 21:00), weekends 10:00–19:00 | Monday, 1 January, 1 May, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur |
| Mémorial de la Shoah | Free, no reservation | 10:00–18:00, Thursday to 21:00 | Saturday |
| Centre Pompidou | No ticket sold | Closed | Since 22 September 2025, until 2030 |
The Carnavalet is the city's own museum of the history of Paris. It fills a townhouse on the Rue Madame de Sévigné, and its permanent collections are free, with no booking. Give it at least an hour.
The Babylon walk passes it from outside. Metro lines 1, 5 and 7 all have stations within reach: Saint-Paul, Bréguet-Sabin and Pont Marie.
Victor Hugo lived in an apartment at 6 Place des Vosges, and it is now a museum. You see the rooms where he lived, on the square itself, free of charge.
The Musée national Picasso-Paris is on the Rue de Thorigny, in the northern Marais. It is the one museum here where you need a ticket and should plan the day around it. It is free on the first Sunday of the month, which is also when it is busiest.
The small-tastings walk from the Place de la République finishes at its door, so you can walk straight in.
The mahJ is the museum of Jewish art and history. It occupies the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan on the Rue du Temple, a townhouse whose 17th-century gardens Le Nôtre designed. It pairs with the Jewish quarter, a few streets south.
The Mémorial de la Shoah is the other museum of the Jewish quarter. It is free, closes on Saturday, and is described on the Jewish quarter page.
If you came for modern art, the Musée Picasso is the museum in the Marais that is open to you. It is a short walk north of the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois.
A walk and a museum make a good day, in that order. A food walk takes three hours and a museum takes one to two, so start the walk late morning and finish in a gallery in the afternoon. Here is where each museum sits against the meeting points and the finishes.
| Museum | Nearest meeting point | A walk that ends near it |
|---|---|---|
| Musée Carnavalet | Saint-Paul metro, a few streets south | The ninety-minute history walk ends on the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois |
| Maison de Victor Hugo | The Place des Vosges itself | Both full-meal walks and the Saint-Germain walk finish on the square |
| Musée Picasso | 40 Rue de Bretagne, by the covered market | The small-tastings walk finishes at its door |
| mahJ | The Rue des Rosiers, a few streets south | The NO DIET CLUB walk stays around the Rue des Rosiers |
| Mémorial de la Shoah | Saint-Paul metro, towards the river | The Blue Bike ride stops there |
No tour fare includes a museum ticket, so book the walk and add the museum yourself. Avoid Mondays.
Each figure is from the museum's own page, checked 20 September 2026. The walk stops are from each listing's own itinerary and meeting point.
Ninety minutes to two hours from the Jesuit church on the Rue Saint-Antoine, through the royal square and the Jewish quarter. The shortest guided introduction to the district, ten people at most.
From $50 per person
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Two hours from the Place de la République to the Picasso museum's door, with three small tastings on the way. Light bites rather than a meal, and drinks are not in the fare.
From $37 per person
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Three hours of tastings around the streets of the old Jewish quarter, meeting outside a patisserie there. Ten people at most, and you start where the falafel counters are.
From $79 per person
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