Museum · Paris · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Museum of Arts et Métiers in Paris

Museum of Arts et Métiers is a museum in Paris, France. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 6 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 330 m you'll find a bench, a public toilet, a water point and a bike pump.

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The story

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Audio tour · Museum of Arts et Métiers

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You're standing at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, the Museum of Arts and Crafts, in the third arrondissement of Paris. It lives in a remarkable building: the old priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, a monastery that had been left empty. You'll find the entrance on the corner of Rue Réaumur and Rue Vaucanson.

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Opening hours and admission

Opening hours: Tue-Thu 10:00-18:00 · Fri 10:00-21:00 · Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00
Admission: Paid
Wheelchair: Accessible
Visitors: 367,902 a year (2025)

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Musée des Arts et Métiers: a museum about technology

The Museum of Arts et Métiers in Paris is a museum about arts and crafts. Visitors will find many machines, models and tools that show how people invent and make things. The museum holds the original model of the Vrijheidsbeeld and the first mechanical calculator. It is located in the third arrondissement on the Rue Réaumur, and the entrance is on the corner with the Rue Vaucanson, close to the Arts et Métiers metro station.

The history of the Musée des Arts et Métiers

The story of this museum begins in 1794. On the proposal of the priest Henri Grégoire, a Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers was established in Paris. It served as a repository for books, drawings, models, tools and machines. The collection has been housed in the former monastery of Saint-Martin-des-Champs ever since. Around 1990, the museum was extensively renovated and an additional building was added beside the abbey.

Opening hours, tickets and accessibility at the Musée des Arts et Métiers

You can find more information about the museum on the official website, arts-et-metiers.net. Access to the museum is paid, so you will need to buy musée des Arts et Métiers tickets before you visit. The building is wheelchair accessible. The musée des Arts et Métiers opening hours are Tuesday to Thursday from 10:00 to 18:00. On Friday, the museum is open from 10:00 to 21:00. On Saturday and Sunday, you can visit from 10:00 to 18:00.

Toilets, drinking water and benches near Musée des Arts et Métiers

The nearest bench is 20 metres away at Square du Général Morin, and there are 165 benches within 500 metres of the museum. The closest public toilet is 176 metres away at Square Émile Chautemps. It is free to use and wheelchair accessible. There are 14 public toilets within 500 metres in total. For drinking water, you can head to a water tap 280 metres away in the Passage du Pont aux Biches, and there are 6 water taps within 500 metres. A bike pump is 330 metres away on Rue du Vertbois, with 3 bike pumps within 500 metres of the museum.

Walk and see more near the Musée des Arts et Métiers

The Outdoor Pitstop app lets you listen to an audio story about the Musée des Arts et Métiers on the spot. The story lasts 2 minutes. You can also make a walk past other sights nearby. At 656 metres you will find the Centre Georges Pompidou, a museum with an audio story. Further on are the Musée Grévin at 1,167 metres and La Samaritaine at 1,220 metres. At this museum and this attraction you can also listen to an audio story. At 1,355 metres lies the Pont Neuf, where you can also listen to an audio story.