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Petit Palais

Petit Palais is a building housing the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris. Visitors find it in Paris 8e. It has been a registered historic monument (inscrit) since 1975.

Photo: Petit Palais, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Paris 8e

inside the commune

Historic monument

1975

Registered historic monument (inscrit)

How well known

Top 1%

#58 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

Apr–Oct

highs of 18–27°C

In brief

Museum in Paris 8e

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#58 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (48 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Paris 8e

Petit Palais is in the commune of Paris 8e, with 1,442 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Registered historic monument (inscrit)

Protected as a historic monument since 1975; built in the 19th and 20th centuries (Mérimée record PA00088878). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Month by month in Paris 8e

If warmth matters, go April to October: Paris 8e reaches 18–27°C.

Jan8° / 3°51 mm

Feb10° / 4°45 mm

Mar14° / 6°46 mm

Apr18° / 8°49 mm

May21° / 11°75 mm

Jun24° / 14°55 mm

Jul27° / 16°57 mm

Aug27° / 16°59 mm

Sep23° / 13°49 mm

Oct18° / 10°57 mm

Nov12° / 6°58 mm

Dec9° / 4°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Paris 8e, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Luxembourg station, 3.9 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Paris 8e’s full climate →

About

Petit Palais

Articles on it exist in 48 languages. Look also at Tour Eiffel, 1.8 km away, first of 2,218 more within 15 km.

Petit Palais on Wikipedia ↗

Mérimée record PA00088878 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type: Museum
Protection: Registered historic monument (inscrit) · 1975
Built: 19th and 20th centuries
Covered in: 48 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Paris 8e, Paris
Official site: petitpalais.paris.fr

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

The practical side

HoursTue–Sun 10:00–18:00

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Mapping Petit Palais

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Petit Palais is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns that list Petit Palais

Paris 15e tops the 8 for size, at 229,713 people. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in this commune

Paris 8e

35,317 people

2 · 1.1 km south of it

Paris 7e

48,015 people

3 · 1.8 km east of it

Paris 1er

15,114 people

4 · 2.2 km northeast of it

Paris 9e

57,271 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Petit Palais is	People
Paris 8e	It’s in this commune	35,317
Paris 7e	1.1 km south of it	48,015
Paris 1er	1.8 km east of it	15,114
Paris 9e	2.2 km northeast of it	57,271
Paris 6e	2.3 km southeast of it	40,389
Paris 17e	2.3 km north of it	159,212
Paris 2e	2.3 km east of it	19,847
Paris 15e	3.2 km southwest of it	229,713

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Around it, within 15 km, lie 2,218 more, including 6 attractions and 2 museums.

AttractionTour Eiffel1.8 km southwest, in Paris 7e 2MuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre1.7 km east, in Paris 1er 3

MuseumMusée d'Orsay1.1 km southeast, in Paris 7e 4

AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées900 m northwest, in Paris 8e 5

AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris2.9 km southeast, in Paris 4e 6

AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile1.7 km northwest, in Paris 8e 7

AttractionPalais de l'Élysée500 m north, in Paris 8e 8

AttractionPlace de la Concorde400 m east, in Paris 8e

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Petit Palais: common questions

Where is Petit Palais?

Petit Palais is in Paris 8e, in Paris (Île-de-France).

What is Petit Palais?

Building housing the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Is Petit Palais a historic monument?

Yes: Registered historic monument (inscrit), since 1975, Mérimée record PA00088878.

How well known is Petit Palais?

Petit Palais has 48 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #58 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Petit Palais?

April to October are the warmest months in Paris 8e, with afternoon highs of 18–27°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Petit Palais?

Within 15 km: Tour Eiffel (1.8 km), Musée du Louvre (1.7 km), Musée d'Orsay (1.1 km) and Avenue des Champs-Élysées (900 m).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Petit Palais: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Place de la Concorde: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.