Paris Museum Pass 2026: price, museums included and review

What is the Paris Museum Pass

The Paris Museum Pass is an official pass that opens the doors of around fifty national museums and monuments in Paris and the Île-de-France region, for a continuous period of 2, 4 or 6 days. It is the capital's historic "cultural" pass: where the Turbopass casts a wide net (Eiffel Tower, cruises, transport) and Go City works on credits, the Museum Pass focuses on a single thing — entry to museums and monuments — and does it well.

In practice, you buy a paper or digital pass, and the clock starts on first use: a 2-day pass is equivalent to two consecutive calendar days. On site, you present the pass at the reserved "skip-the-line" entrance without going back to the ticket desk. Its big advantage over individual tickets: you come and go freely, without buying a ticket at each site, which encourages short, back-to-back visits.

2026 price

The Museum Pass comes in three durations, at a single adult rate. The prices recorded in January 2026:

Good to know: moving from 2 to 4 days costs only €20 more, and the 4-day is only €20 cheaper than the 6-day. In other words, the longer the duration, the lower the price per day drops — but only if you genuinely visit every day. A half-used 6-day pass works out more expensive than a well-filled 2-day one.

The museums and monuments included

The pass covers around 50 sites. The figures in brackets are the 2026 individual ticket prices, to help you work out your value. The must-sees:

• Louvre Museum (€22) — the biggest single item on its own.
• Musée d'Orsay (€16) and Musée de l'Orangerie (€12.50).
• Palace of Versailles (€27 for the Passport) — palace, Trianon and estate.
• Arc de Triomphe (€13) — the panoramic terrace.
• Sainte-Chapelle (€13) and Conciergerie (€11.50) on the Île de la Cité.
• Panthéon (€11.50) and its dome.
• Musée Rodin (€14) and Musée national Picasso (€14).
• Musée du quai Branly, Musée de Cluny (Middle Ages), and around thirty others.

What is NOT included

This is where many travellers get it wrong. The Museum Pass is a pass for national museums — anything that does not fall into that category is excluded:

• The Eiffel Tower — a privately operated monument, never covered by the Museum Pass. See which passes include the Eiffel Tower.
• Transport — no metro, bus or RER included. You need a separate ticket or a Navigo: we detail the options in our transport for tourists in Paris guide.
• Temporary exhibitions — often at extra cost, even in an included museum (the pass only covers the permanent collections).
• The combined Sainte-Chapelle + Conciergerie ticket — both sites are included separately, but the reduced-price combo does not apply with the pass.
• Cruises, tourist buses, shows — out of scope: these are experiences, not museums.

In short: if your itinerary includes the Eiffel Tower, cruises and lots of travel, the Museum Pass alone will not be enough — you will need to add tickets, or switch to an all-in pass.

Is it worth it? The calculation

The rule is simple: the 2-day pass (€79) pays for itself from three major paid sites. Here is a perfectly realistic 2-day itinerary, with the 2026 individual ticket prices — the kind of calculation our savings calculator makes:

• Louvre — €22
• Musée d'Orsay — €16
• Palace of Versailles — €27
• Arc de Triomphe — €13
• Sainte-Chapelle — €13

Total in separate tickets: €91. Price of the 2-day Museum Pass: €79. Real saving on this itinerary: ≈ €12, on top of the time saved thanks to skip-the-line. Each additional museum (Orangerie, Rodin, Cluny…) widens the gap further.

One caveat, though: if Versailles is your main motivation, first check how to get there and how much the journey costs — we cover it in which passes include Versailles. The pass pays for entry, not the RER.

Pros, limits and who it's for

Compared with the Turbopass, the Museum Pass is narrower but often cheaper for a "purely cultural" profile. The Museum Pass wins if your trip is 100% museums and your budget is tight: you pay only for entry to the collections, with no Eiffel Tower or transport surcharge. The Turbopass wins as soon as you want the Eiffel Tower, unlimited transport and experiences (cruise, bus) in a single ticket. To decide between the two — and with Go City and Passlib' — see our comparison of the 4 Paris passes.