Paris museums
 

I was surprised to learn while in Paris last week that all museums in Paris have free admissions on the first Sunday of each month.

Yup, any good guidebook will mention that. Of course, they will be very crowded then, so probably not worth the price-break.

Are you certain of this? My understanding is that some, but not all, have this policy.

I believe it is the city-owned museums that have a free Sunday.

No, now I think the city-owned museums are free all the time. According to a couple of sites on Google, there are maybe 4-5 museums that are free on the 1st Sunday. Here is a helpful page, hopefully it is reliable:

http://www.rendezvousfrance.com/freeinparis.html

It would be nice to hear that the free admission polcies have expanded, but as far as I know, that only applies to the state-run museums. In the past, private museums like the Marmottan did not have free Sundays, and they close on diffferent days as well.

Here's another useful link:

http://www.paris-tourism.com/hotels/...nt_type=musees

It's only city-owned museums that are always free. Excludes private and state-run (if that means national) for free all the time.

I think Elaine meant the state-run museums are free on the first SUnday, not always. I don't actually think all national museums have that provision, but a lot do. The Cite de la Musique is not free on first SUndays, for example, and I don't think the science museums are.