History and civilisations exhibitions in Paris

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Marc Bloch

Le Panthéon · 5th

Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Panthéon on 23 June 2026, alongside his wife Simonne.

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Stan Douglas - Parallax

Jeu de Paume · 1st

Today 11:00 – 19:00

The Jeu de Paume hosts the exhibition “Parallax”, devoted to the work of Stan Douglas. Discover how his art explores the construction and representation of history since the late 1980s.

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La violence silencieuse

Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac · 7th

Opens in 18 days

Discover the work of Roméo Mivekannin, who invites reflection on "human zoos" and their history.

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Jean-Paul Belmondo

La Cinémathèque française · 12th

Jean-Paul Belmondo, a true icon of French cinema, embodied a generation of bold and innovative actors. His mythical role in À Bout de Souffle (1960) marked the start of a dazzling career, in which he went on to make as…

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Exposition "Comte: la vie rue Monsieur-le-Prince" à la Maison d'Auguste Comte

Maison d'Auguste Comte · 6th

An exhibition focused on the everyday life of Auguste Comte in his apartment on rue Monsieur-le-Prince (Paris 6th), spanning his rituals of life and work and his varied social connections.

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Imprimer, éditer, illustrer : la modernité typographique et graphique au Vietnam (1860-1945)

Bulac · 13th

Vietnamese printing underwent major upheavals between the late 19th and the early decades of the 20th century. Deeply influenced by the techniques and practices of the Chinese world, it also incorporated customs from…

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Spectacle : Bestioles

MAIF Social Club · 3rd

Opens in 5 days

Bestioles is a participatory format for children aged 4 and over and their accompanying adults. In a shared play space, an artist tells his story. Using small everyday things, he invites you to invent your own bestioles…

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Visite guidées

Musée des Plans-Reliefs · 7th

Opens in 1 day

Make the most of a guide-lecturer's presence to discover the collection unique in the world of plans-reliefs in 15 minutes during the holidays.

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Exposition " L'antitsiganisme, d'hier à aujourd'hui."

Quartier Jeunes 13 (QJ 13) · 13th

Exhibition created by the Collectif National des Droits de l’Homme Romeurope and hosted as part of the Semaine de Lutte contre les Discriminations (Week Against Discrimination).

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Visite guidée de l'exposition Simone Veil. Mes sœurs et moi

Mémorial de la Shoah · 4th

Opens in 13 days

Discover the new exhibition at the Mémorial de la Shoah Simone Veil. My Sisters and I Workshops and tours for families

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Exposition Portraits de France

Maison de la Vie Associative et Citoyenne du 12e arrondissement · 12th

The exhibition offers a mirror of the diversity that makes up France, and of the personalities from diverse and varied horizons who have marked its history and forged its values: those who come from the overseas…

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Visite en langue des signes française de l'exposition Images de la rafle du « billet vert »

Mémorial de la Shoah · 4th

Opens in 16 days

The Mémorial's guide is accompanied by a French Sign Language (LSF) interpreter. Duration: 1 h 30.

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Exposition : Lady Liberty, derrière l’icône, le génie d’Eiffel

Tour Eiffel · 7th

An exhibition on the first-floor terrace of the Eiffel Tower Marking 140 years of the Statue of Liberty

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Manger et être mangé : retour sur un projet mené en détention

Médiathèque Françoise Sagan · 10th

Opens in 4 weeks

With the Petite Bibliothèque Ronde de Clamart, and cultural practitioners from the project carried out at the Centre pénitentiaire sud-Francilien, with a group of 11 women and men…

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Plats de fêtes : la part dessinée

Bibliothèque Goutte d'Or · 18th

Opens in 11 days

Festive Dishes: The Drawn Share Exhibition by Ursula Schmidt as part of the event Ici et ailleurs : Histoires de cuisine, in the libraries of the 18th arrondissement. The exhibition shows a selection of drawings from a…

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Visite guidée de l'exposition Images de la rafle du « billet vert »

Mémorial de la Shoah · 4th

Opens in 4 weeks

Discover the new exhibition Images de la rafle du « billet vert » at the Mémorial de la Shoah.

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Conférence inaugurale de l'exposition "Histoire des Juifs de la banlieue du nord-est parisien"

Mémorial de la Shoah de Drancy

Opens in 7 weeks

As part of the exhibition Histoire des Juifs de la banlieue du nord-est parisien: entre intégration et persécutions (1859-1960)

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Chaïm Kaliski. « Jim d’Etterbeek »

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme · 4th

Today 11:00 – 18:00

Exhibition of around a hundred ink drawings taken from a monumental graphic work on the Occupation in Brussels, made up of more than five thousand drawings by Chaïm-Charles Kaliski (1929-2015), a singular figure whose…

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Leonardo versus Michelangelo - Le Défi - Billet Matin

La Cité de l'Histoire

Dated ticket valid from 10am to 1pmTwo geniuses. A legendary rivalry. The choice of sides is yours! With Leonardo versus Michelangelo, Amaclio Productions invites you to take part in the great duel of the Renaissance at…

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Leonardo versus Michelangelo - Le Défi - Billet Après-Midi

La Cité de l'Histoire

Timed ticket valid from 1pm to 6pm. Two geniuses. A legendary rivalry. It's up to you to choose your side! With Leonardo versus Michelangelo, Amaclio Productions invites you to take part in the great duel of the…

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Exposition « La fabrique des collections » : les dons à la bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève · 5th

Discover in the hall of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève this new exhibition, which, through around a hundred books and archive items, reveals the history of donations and the valuable enrichment of its encyclopaedic…

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Exposition « Día de Muertos : une célébration de la vie »

Place Roger Madec, à l’entrée principale du parc des Buttes-Chaumont · 19th

Opens in 5 days

To mark the bicentenary of diplomatic relations between Mexico and France, the Mexican publishing house Trilce, the Embassy of Mexico in France and the City of Paris invite you to discover the exhibition "Día de…

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Exposition : Les comédiennes des passerelles

Canal Saint-Martin · 10th

The Comité d’histoire de la Ville de Paris and the town hall of the 10th arrondissement pay tribute to the nine famous women who recently gave their names to the footbridges of the Canal Saint-Martin. Come and meet them!

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Paris-Roma : et si on célébrait les 70 ans du jumelage ?

Paris · 4th

The New Year's Eve fireworks of 31 December 2025 over the Arc de Triomphe offered a first glimpse of it… In 2026, Paris and Rome will blow out the 70 candles of their twinning, unique in the world. A closer look at the…

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Le premier génocide du XXe siècle : Herero et Nama dans le Sud-Ouest africain allemand, 1904-1908

Mémorial de la Shoah · 4th

In 1904, in response to the rules imposed by the German colonial administration and to the abuses and mistreatment inflicted by settlers, a revolt broke out in German South West Africa, today Namibia. The forces of the…

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Mon petit Carnavalet

A gentle tour for a first sensitive awakening to the museum. Children discover the museum's works and decor through nursery rhymes, mini yoga, short stories, and sensory surprises... A special moment to share for a…

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En compagnie de Senghor

Bibliothèque des Batignolles · 17th

Today 10:00 – 19:00

Exhibition on Léopold Sédar Senghor - from 13 October to 31 December in the adult area of the library accès libre

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Original du mois | Exposition : Le petit chaperon rouge

Bibliothèque L'Heure joyeuse · 5th

Opens in 4 weeks

As part of the Paris city libraries' highlight "Manger, être mangé", discover original illustrations by Gerda Muller and a selection of books from the heritage collection of the Heure Joyeuse at the Françoise Sagan…

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Artistes au Muséum

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution · 5th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

To mark its 400th anniversary, the museum is presenting more than 300 works of art. Here you can discover how art and science come together, from scientific studies to modern works inspired by natural history.

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L'appel des profondeurs. Une aventure sous les mers de l'Antiquité à nos jours

Musée national de la Marine · 16th

This exhibition explores humanity's fascination with the ocean depths. Discover the history and challenges of underwater exploration through art, literature, science, technology and popular culture.

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Exposition Théophile de Viau à la Bibliothèque Mazarine

Bibliothèque Mazarine · 6th

On the occasion of the fourth centenary of the death of Théophile de Viau, the exhibition invites visitors to rediscover a fertile moment in French literary life. A ghost of an age when one could die for verse,…

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Chapelle expiatoire

Chapelle expiatoire · 8th

The revolution cost Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette their lives, but memories of their reign and fall can be found in the chapel.

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Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Cimetière du Père Lachaise · 20th

Few cemeteries in the world can boast of being the cemetery of celebrities. Each year, over 3.5 million visitors come to Père Lachaise to pay tribute to some of history's most important cultural icons. Oscar Wilde, Jim…

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Monnaie de Paris

La Monnaie de Paris · 6th

It's all about money at La Monnaie de Paris! Founded in 864 AD, it is the oldest money-making institution on the planet. Today, it is also a museum that traces the incredible history of coin manufacturing and moulding.…

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Musée du Chocolat

Musée du Chocolat · 10th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Add a touch of sweetness and culture to your day by tracing the origins of the most important invention in the world at the Musée du Chocolat de Paris!

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Musée du parfum

Musée du parfum · 9th

Today 09:00 – 17:30

Immerse yourself in a truly French art with a unique olfactory journey at the Fragonard Perfume Museum in Paris.

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Musée postal

Musée postal · 15th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Entrez au Musée Postal en France et découvrez l'univers de l'histoire postale, ainsi qu'une multitude d'activités passionnantes !

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Sainte-Chapelle

La Sainte-Chapelle · 1st

Once modern Paris has overwhelmed you with its shops, its bicycles and its baguettes, step back in time by visiting two of its most fascinating historic sites in the Palais de la…

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Nicolas Flamel. Alchimiste de papier

Musée du Cluny · 5th

Today 09:30 – 18:15

Visionary alchemist, immortal, magician, keeper of universal secrets... Nicolas Flamel is one of those figures that feed our fantasies! But what is the historical reality behind this Parisian bourgeois of the 14th…

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La carte de France de Cassini. Une encyclopédie du territoire

Le Musée des Archives nationales – L’Hôtel de Soubise · 3rd

Today 10:00 – 17:30

A cartographic masterpiece of the eighteenth century, the Cassini map of France is the first map of France surveyed geometrically across an entire country. An emblematic historical document made up of 181 sheets, it is…

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Exposition la Mode au Moyen Age

Tour Jean sans Peur · 2nd

Today 13:30 – 18:00

An exhibition devoted to medieval fashion, from the evolution of the silhouette to accessories, presented at the Tour Jean sans Peur in Paris.

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De la vigne au verre. Le vin chez Balzac

Maison de Balzac musée et bibliothèque · 16th

Opens in 5 weeks

Omnipresent in nineteenth-century society, wine imposes itself as a recurring motif in Balzac's work: it tells the story of an era, reveals social ambitions and accompanies pleasures as well as excesses. The exhibition…

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Victoire Tuaillon

MAIF Social Club · 3rd

Opens in 4 months

Face à tous les malheurs du monde, le découragement nous guette. Vers quelles formes d’engagement et de militantisme faut-il se tourner si on veut agir pour un monde meilleur ? Est-il possible de militer sans violence…

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Lady Liberté. De la sueur

Musée des arts et métiers · 3rd

Today 10:00 – 21:00

The Statue of Liberty, or Lady Liberty, is not only the icon of New York and the United States: it is also a masterpiece of ingenuity, French style! Born in Paris at the end of the 19th century, in the workshops of…

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La Cité de l'Histoire

La Cité de l'Histoire

With the Cité de l'Histoire, enjoy three new experiences across history. With La clef des siècles, live an extraordinary adventure that will plunge you into the heart of French history! In every room you pass through,…

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Pandémie de Covid-19 : ouverture du premier lieu de mémoire de France

Siège de l'Université Paris Cité · 6th

From this Wednesday 16 September, the Université Paris Cité is opening to the public the very first space in France dedicated to the memory of Covid-19. Located in the heart of the Latin Quarter, this unprecedented…

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"Voyage" : une visite culturelle et poétique à la Cité universitaire de Paris

L'Atelier des Rêves · 14th

Opens in 1 day

"Voyage", a poetic and sensory experience blending a visit, a tasting and discovery at L'Atelier des Rêves.