As we have just had the first Sunday in the month - I was wondering whether anyone can tell me if the Museums are busier on this day than on other days?
My husband and I will be in Paris next year late September/early October and so will %26quot;hit%26quot; just such a Sunday.
I%26#39;m trying to work out how many days I should purchase a Museum Pass for, given I can factor in a visit or two to Museums for free on that Sunday (which will be our 5th day in Paris). But if the feedback is that, for instance, the Louvre is horrendously busy that free Sunday, then I could visit it earlier in my stay on one of my Museum Pass days.
Look forward to your thoughts. Cheers.
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I went to the Louvre on the first Sunday in October this year. There were a lot of people there, but the queue moved quite quickly as people weren%26#39;t buying tickets, just going through security. The crowds in front of the Mona Lisa were just silly, but in other parts of the museum it was fine. It depends on what you want to see really, and how much time you want to spend there. If I had the choice I think I would go on a week day.
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Thanks Brittraveller - maybe I%26#39;ll do the Louvre during the week on my Museum Pass and try one of the smaller Museums on the %26quot;free%26quot; Sunday.
Any suggestions which one or ones would be good to visit that day?? Cheers
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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;As we have just had the first Sunday in the month - I was wondering whether anyone can tell me if the Museums are busier on this day than on other days?%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;
Sundays are the busiest day of the week for almost all museums. In addition to vacationing tourists, numbers are swelled by local and regional residents, who feel entitled to come out on their day off to visit the national treasures that their hard-earned tax dollars help to subsidize and support. Go figga%26#39;?? Add FREE FIRST SUNDAY entry to this mix and numbers swell even more than usual.
Frankly, a Free First Sunday is a good reason to avoid the larger, more popular museums and attractions. Entry lines (normal entry security procedures are NOT relaxed) and sight-lines cluttered by crowds. But if visit you must, do a little personal research beforehand, try to avoid the %26#39;big draws%26#39; and concentrate instead on the smaller exhibits and galleries that attract your interest.
But though MANY museums and monuments are included on the PARIS MUSEUM PASS, not all FREE FIRST SUNDAY. Compare the lists of institutions covered by the PMP and those covered by FFS...and visit some of these instead.
FREE FIRST SUNDAY Listings--
…parisinfo.com/guide-paris/…
PARIS MUSEUM PASS Listings--
http://www.parismuseumpass.com/en/home.php
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%26gt;%26gt;Frankly, a Free First Sunday is a good reason to avoid the larger, more popular museums and attractions.%26lt;%26lt;
I agree. On my last trip (Oct 07) I was on the hop on-hop off bus and saw the extremely long queues to get into museums. The lines for both the Louvre and D%26#39;Orsay were nuts!
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I did the Louvre once on a free sunday and i thought %26quot;never again%26quot;. The line was terribly long. The Richelieu wing was better, but the Egypt section was crazy-nuts-mad. Didn%26#39;t even go to the Mona Lisa but i guess it must have been horrible.
I did Pompidou center last sunday and the line moved in quickly, i was in after only ten mn, plus five more minutes once up there. The museum is so large , it was busy but not mad, you could enjoy the art there. Many screaming children though but i guess it is because it was the school holidays
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That is the only way my husband will go to a museum is on free museum Sunday. Cluny, Pompidou, Picasso, Louvre, Orsay and Rodin- all done on the free days. The smaller museums are easier to handle any day of the week.
The key to going and (exploiting the free-ness) is to arrive at the big museums (louvre, orsay, pompidou) 30 minutes AFTER they open. This allows the lineup of people who were waiting to already be through security and inside.
You may not get to see more than two before running into the lines. (before lunch) especially at Orsay. But keep it in mind for a revisit day once you are already familiar with the layout of the museum.
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Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to reply - and KDKSAIL I used the links you provided and had a good look at those lists side-by-side and even went to some of the independent websites of the various Museums to check %26quot;normal%26quot; entry price.
This has helped me decide to purchase 4 day Paris Museum Passes as many of the places we want to visit are on it and we can use them during the week (we arrive on a Tuesday) including for our visit to Versailles. Then any places we missed or may want to see again might be worth checking out on the free Sunday morning as per times suggested.
Interestingly the one Museum I have read about and particularly want to visit is on neither list - and that is the Marmottan. (But I%26#39;ll go anyway!). Cheers!
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