Paris- Museum pass
 

Dear fodorites,
Which are the museum sites that have an operating access system requiring the production of free tickets?
This is important as 'Queue cutting' benefit of museum pass is compromised, if one has to stand in a queue for obtaining a free ticket.

Lines really aren't much of an issue anywhere but at the Musee d'Orsay.

I think there are also long lines at the L'Orangerie since it re-opened.

Sandy

Thanks janisj and sandypaws3.
Official site of museum pass reply to my similar question has not yielded any result. They do not have any list of such museums where a pass holder has to stand in queue for getting a free ticket.

I've only used one once so am no expert on using it, but I seem to remember someone saying that the Arc de Triomphe was a site where you needed to get a ticket, even if free with the pass.

Kamleshrut,

Our experience with the Museum Pass has been that the Pass is your ticket. In other words, one simply goes to the head of the line, or separate entrance, shows the pass to the guard, they check the expiration date, and one is admitted.

For example, at the D'Orsay when approaching from the river side, there is usually a long line at the doors to the left of the glassed in vestibule. One proceeds to the entrance away from the river, and there is no line. Just two chaps who say "Bonjour, Madame/Monsieur", glance at the Pass and open the door.

Enjoy your trip!

:-)

Thanks a lot.
K.

My post wasn't in answer to your specific question about "an operating access syetem".

I really meant that the only museum that really has any lines where the Museum Pass "queue jumping" is a big benefit is at the Musee d'Orsay. (But I had forgotten about L' Orangerie - it still hadn't re-opened on my last visit.)

The main benefit of the Pass is to save you money if you visit a lot of the covered properties. Queue jumping is really a very minor benefit except at the Orsay

Does it no longer work at Versailles? That was the biggest queue I ever jumped with the pass. The line extended all the way down the expansive drive to the sidewalk. The pass only covered the palace tour, but the lines for everything else were manageable.

Some places you have to wait in line to go through security before you can even show the pass. I know this is true at Sainte Chapelle, for instance, since it is located within the courthouse complex, and you need to go through security for the courthouse before you get to the entrance of the church. At the Louvre, if I remember correctly, you can go in a different entrance for pass-holders, but you still have to wait in a line for security.

The two places I found with the greatest "queue cutting benefit" were the Musee d'Orsay and Versailles. I have heard that it is also true of the Orangerie.

ttt

Merci.
Points noted.
K.