A slightly different question about visiting Versailles
 

I am planning on visiting the Chateau next month and I would like to visit the Jeu de Paume. According to the Versailles website it is located in town.

Has anyone visited the Jeu de Paume? Is it fairly easy to find from the chateau? Worth a visit? Finally, is it included in the day pass -- I'm planning on buying the Forfait Loisirs.

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

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Hi, the Jeu de Paume is in Paris, not near Versailles.
http://www.jeudepaume.org/site/frameset.php?idModule=7

If you go to www.pagesjaunes.fr and enter 'jeu de paume' as QUI and 'Verailles' as OU, you will get what you need...nice map

I'm also interested in visiting. Next trip.

The Jeu de Paume was the location of a key event in the French revolution in 1789. It is located walking distance from Versailles.

Jeu de Paume is essentially the predecessor to our tennis game, and this building is an indoor court. There is a hotel in Paris, Hotel Jeu de Paume, on Ile St Louis that is built aorund the remains of one

There is also the National Gallery du Jeu de Paume in Paris.

Yhe Musee de Jeu de Paume near place de la Concorde, was built in 1861, and is used for exhibits.

yes, but the OP is asking about the tennis court in Versailles, not the museum in Paris.

Michel and Travelnut -- thanks for the help with this. I appreciate it very much.

Michel is right, the Jeu de Paume was the site of a seminal moment in the French Revolution -- I guess technically a few weeks before the Revolution "officially" began. It was the site of the "Tennis Court Oath."

I'd like to go see David's famous painting which is hanging there and whatever else is there.

Does anyone know about cost of admission?

Thanks again.

Hi, SDA

I knew that the jeu de paume rang a bell, and sure enough, my trusty if dog-earred green guide confirmed that when i first went to paris, it was THE impressionist museum. it's always been on the place de la concorde, no where near Versailles!

google shows me that it's now shut for renovations, but is indeed used for exhibitions.

I don't remember the other one at versailles, but my first and last visit there was in the early 1980's so perhaps you'll forgive my memory.

there is so much to do at versailles proper; my green guide memtions the orangery, but not another jeu de paume. Good luck if you try to find it!

regards, ann

Hi Ann,

Thanks for the thought. There's a few buildings names Jeu de Paume. At least two in Paris proper -- both art museums I think, and one out at Versailles. I'm interested in the one at Versailles. In the 18th century it was the King's indoor tennis court. It has since become something of a museum dedicated to the events of June 1789.

The Versailles website gives a very brief description of it. I was just wondering if any fodorites had actually been there. According to the "yellow pages" link Michel supplied it is close the chateau.

Thanks again.

Free entrance, but only open weekends from April 1 till Oct 31, 12:30 - 18:30

Bummer -- I'm going on a Tuesday. Next time, I guess.

Thanks Michel.