• Discovery
• With family

Matisse, the symphony of colours at the Carrières des Lumières in Les Baux-de-Provence

CARRIÈRES DES LUMIÈRES
Starting October 9, 2026

The new immersive program in Les Baux-de-Provence follows Matisse color by color, from the blue of the cut-out Nudes to the stained glass windows of Vence.

• Free
• News

Montmartre Grape Harvest Festival 2026: the program from October 7th to 11th

MONTMARTRE HARVEST FESTIVAL
October 7-11, 2026

Five days of festivities on the Butte, from the Ban des Vendanges to the closing ball, and everything is free.

• Discovery
• News

LVMH Special Days 2026: the top addresses to visit in Paris from October 16th to 18th

LVMH SPECIAL DAYS
October 16-18, 2026

Workshops, private mansions and backstage areas of major fashion houses open free of charge for three days.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

The best of the François Morellet centenary: exhibitions to see

François Morellet would have been one hundred years old: from the City of Architecture to the Louvre, from Cholet to Marseille, the confirmed dates of the centenary.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

François Morellet Exhibition, Witty Remarks at the Cité de l'architecture

CITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND HERITAGE
From October 16, 2026 to January 3, 2027

François Morellet would have been one hundred years old: the City of Architecture celebrates the facetious surveyor who made buildings tremble, in front of his life-size Romanesque and Gothic portals.

• Contemporary

Sheila Hicks exhibition, Beyond, at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille

LILLE PALACE OF FINE ARTS
From October 9, 2026 to March 8, 2027

Sheila Hicks, a pioneer of textile art, is given carte blanche at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille and becomes the first female artist to occupy its atrium.

• Contemporary

Kennedy Yanko and Ma Kelu Exhibition at the City of Architecture

CITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND HERITAGE
From October 16, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Kennedy Yanko's sculptures and Ma Kelu's canvases slip among the casts and frescoes of the City of Architecture: a face-to-face encounter between contemporary art and heritage, for the duration of a season.

• Free
• News

National Artists' Days 2026: five open studios in Paris this weekend, from Les Frigos to Belleville

NATIONAL ARTISTS' DAYS
October 2-4, 2026

More than 560 artists' studios are opening their doors in Paris and the Île-de-France region, free of charge.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

Hervé Di Rosa's "Mirages of the World" exhibition at La Malmaison, Cannes

LA MALMAISON ART CENTER
From July 17 to November 8, 2026

Forty years of painting by Hervé Di Rosa in three chapters, from Free Figuration to Idols, facing the Croisette.

• Free
• With family

The best of the 2026 Science Festival in Paris: free museums

SCIENCE FESTIVAL IN PARIS
October 2-12, 2026

Ten days of free museums for the whole family, and a theme to savor: "Scholarly Flavors".

The Carnavalet Museum celebrates its 160th anniversary: a free weekend and a special evening event

CARNAVALET MUSEUM
October 3 and 4, 2026

Two days of free entry, a late-night opening until 11 p.m. on Saturday, an immersive game in the collections and a concert in the gardens: Carnavalet celebrates its 160th anniversary.

• With family
• Unavoidable

The Call of the Depths: The National Maritime Museum's Great Dive

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
From October 14, 2026 to April 4, 2027

Eight hundred square meters below the surface: the National Maritime Museum tells the story of the exploration of the seabed, from Antiquity to the present day.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

Exhibition "Restituer," Philippe Guesdon facing Dürer at the Louviers Museum

LOUVIERS MUSEUM
From September 19, 2026 to January 3, 2027

A contemporary painter repaints Dürer's engravings, facing the Louviers altarpiece which had copied them in the 16th century.

• Literary
• Discovery

Chateaubriand and Juliette Récamier Exhibition at the Maison de Chateaubriand, Vallée-aux-Loups

CHATEAUBRIAND HOUSE
From October 2, 2026 to September 26, 2027

The first exhibition dedicated to the story of Chateaubriand and Juliette Récamier, in the house where he began his Memoirs.

The "Long Live the Bride!" exhibition at the Arab World Institute

ARAB WORLD INSTITUTE
From September 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027

Forty Maghreb wedding costumes never before shown in France, and twenty-seven contemporary artists who respond to them.

• Discovery

First Nations - Arts and Cultures of Northwest America at the Quai Branly Museum

Musée du quai Branly - Jacques-Chirac
From September 29, 2026 to January 17, 2027

Along 1,800 kilometers of coastline, the First Nations of the American Northwest built societies without agriculture or writing, yet sedentary and hierarchical. The Quai Branly Museum allows visitors to read their sculpted language.

• Fashion
• Photo

Rafael Pavarotti exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts

Museum of Decorative Arts
From October 2, 2026 to May 2, 2027

Rafael Pavarotti photographs fashion as a ceremony: at the Museum of Decorative Arts, two hundred images where black beauty finally occupies the center of the frame.

• Movie theater
• Unavoidable

Belmondo, the Magnificent exhibition at the French Cinematheque

THE FRENCH FILM LIBRARY
From October 7, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Belmondo, the Magnificent: family archives, costumes and unpublished photos, plus thirty-five films

• Photo
• Unusual

Nadar Exhibition, Inventing Paris, from the Depths to the Sky, at the Catacombs of Paris

CATACOMBS OF PARIS
From September 29, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Nadar's work is on display twenty meters underground, in the galleries he was the first to photograph.

• Photo
• Unavoidable

Remember Me Exhibition: Masterpieces of Photography at the Bourse de Commerce

EXCHANGE FOR TRADE - PINAULT COLLECTION
From October 7, 2026 to January 18, 2027

Seven hundred photographs from the Pinault Collection for the two hundredth anniversary of the medium

• Classic
• Unavoidable

Exhibition Kurt Schwitters, the chaos-world at the Picasso Museum

Picasso National Museum, Paris
From October 6, 2026 to February 7, 2027

Kurt Schwitters, the inventor of Merz, joins Picasso

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Talisman Exhibition, a carte blanche for Ali Banisadr at the Gustave Moreau Museum

GUSTAVE MOREAU NATIONAL MUSEUM
From September 9 to December 7, 2026

A living painter enters Gustave Moreau's home

The TOP shows to see in Paris

Theatre, musical comedy, opera, stand-up: the Parisian shows of the moment, chosen to stay on the bill for quite a while.

• Free
• Discovery

Exhibition From Figurative to Abstract at the Galerie de l'Europe, Paris

GALLERY OF EUROPE
From September 22 to October 17, 2026

A large family gathering, on Rue de Seine.

• Classic
• With family

Marie-Caroline, Duchess of Berry. Rebel Princess, the exhibition at the Château de Sceaux

Château de Sceaux, Departmental Museum
From September 13, 2026 to February 14, 2027

Marie-Caroline, one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century.

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

Kanal-Centre Pompidou: a Citroën garage becomes a museum in Brussels

On November 28, the former Citroën garage in the northern district of Brussels opens as a museum: 40,000 square meters, ten exhibitions and a long-term agreement with the Centre Pompidou.

Paris under the Nanking moon: the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris

One evening, a courtyard, mooncakes, and a troupe from Nanjing. The Mid-Autumn Festival is being held at the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris; admission is free with reservation. After the New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the most celebrated…

A Gallic rampart beneath the Hôtel-Dieu: the first trace of the Lutetia of the Parisii

Twenty meters of burnt wall beneath a courtyard of the Hôtel-Dieu. For the first time, Gallic Lutetia ceases to be a textual hypothesis. Since February, a team led by David Couturier, from the Department of Architectural History and Archaeology in…

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Constellations exhibition at the Beyeler Foundation, in Peter Zumthor's new buildings

The Beyeler Foundation is expanding and exhibiting approximately 230 works from its collection. The new Wyss Museum, designed by Peter Zumthor, opens alongside them. Riehen, on the outskirts of Basel. Since 1997, the foundation had been housed in…

• Contemporary
• Free

Exhibition "Happy Retirement Dad," Rayane Mcirdi at the Frac Île-de-France, Le Plateau

Forty years in the factory, and one last day. Rayane Mcirdi filmed his father's retirement and turned it into an exhibition that you walk through standing up. The film exists, but Le Plateau doesn't show it like a film. The artist has deconstructed…