How to get here

To help plan your trip to the Musée de l'Armée, this page has all the practical information on how to get here by various means of transport.

The Musée de l'Armée is being renovated to give you a better welcome from June 2024. During the works, the Museum will remain open, with a few changes to the itinerary.

  • Ticket office: on arrival, please go to the Museum ticket office located near the Dôme des Invalides to the south of the site: open daily from 10am to 5:30pm (8:30pm on the first Friday of each month).
     
  • The extra ordinary cabinets : due to the Museum's extension and modernisation works, all the unusual cabinets are closed until June 2024.
     
  • Opening times for the south entrance: The south entrance via Place Vauban is open from 2pm to 6pm. Opening times for the north entrance at 129 rue Grenelle (esplanade des Invalides) remain unchanged, from 10am to 6pm (10pm on the first Friday of each month).

Museum entrances

129 rue de Grenelle : Esplanade des Invalides side (only possible access for the first friday of the month from 6pm)
2 place Vauban (open from 2pm to 6pm) : Dôme des Invalides side

Visitors with mobility disabilities are invited to come to the 129 avenue de Grenelle

Métro/RER stations

  • Line 8 Balard - Créteil : "La Tour Maubourg" station, Avenue de la Motte-Piquet
    Line 8 Balard - Créteil : "Invalides" station, Rue de l’Université

  • Line 13 : "Varennes" station, Boulevard des Invalides

  • RER C : "Invalides" station, Rue de l’Université

Bus

  • Line 28 : "La Tour Maubourg" stop, Avenue de la Motte-Piquet
    Line 8 Balard - Créteil : "Invalides" stop, Rue de l’Université

  • Line 69 : "Varennes" stop, Boulevard des Invalides

  • Line 82 : "Invalides" stop, Rue de l’Université

  • Line 92 : "Invalides" stop, Rue de l’Université

  • Line 63 : "Invalides" stop, Rue de l’Université

  • Line 83 : "Invalides" stop, Rue de l’Université

  • Line 93 : "Invalides" stop, Rue de l’Université

Vélib'

  • Station n°7010 :opposite 3 rue de Constantine

  • Station n°7015 :9, boulevard des Invalides

  • Station n°7016 :13, rue Surcouf

  • Station n°7017 :1, avenue de la Motte-Piquet

Parking

  • Paying car park: 23 rue de Constantine

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Due to a ceremony in tribute to Admiral Philippe de Gaulle on Wednesday March 20, the Museum will be open from 2pm.

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Access to the Museum is via 129 rue de Grenelle (from 10am to 6pm) or via Place Vauban (only from 2pm to 6pm). Enjoy your visit!

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