November 11, 2024: museums and monuments to visit in Paris this holiday

Public holidays are an opportunity to take time out for yourself and for activities you don't normally have time for. For art and culture lovers, this means just one thing: an exciting trip to the museum! But how? So museums and monuments stay open on a public holiday?

Yes, we do! The proof: this Monday, November 11, 2024, the day commemorating the signing of the First World War armistice, many museums and monuments are opening their doors to us. It's an opportunity for us to take in thecultural news from these art venues, or to discover the artistic treasures of our region.

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The good news is that there are plenty of museums and monuments in Paris and the Ile-de-France region open on November 11, ready to welcome you on this non-working day. Since the holiday falls on a Monday, when many museums are closed for the week, the options for outings on November 11, 2024 are more limited than usual. Here are the museums and monuments open on November 11.

Museums and monuments open on November 11, 2024 :

• The Louvre Museum
• The Pompidou Centre
• Guimet Museum
• Jean-Jacques Henner Museum
• Army Museum
• Jacquemart-André Museum
• Montmartre Museum
• Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
• Musée de l'Homme
• Musée de l'Orangerie
• Musée Grévin
• Musée du Luxembourg
• Delacroix Museum
• The Shoah Memorial
• Maillol Museum
• Cinémathèque française
• TheAtelier des Lumières
• Le musée en Herbe
• Louis Vuitton Foundation
• Dali Paris
• Château de Breteuil
• Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
• Château de Malmaison
• Château de Fontainebleau
• Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard castle
• Champs-sur-Marne castle
• Château de Maisons
• Château d'Ecouen
• Rambouillet castle
• Vincennes castle
• Eiffel Tower
• Arc de Triomphe (closed in the morning)
• La Conciergerie
• Sainte-Chapelle
• Pantheon
• Sacré-Coeur Basilica
• Les Arènes de Lutèce
• Domaine de Saint-Cloud

As you can see, most art and culture venues will remain open this Monday, November 11. So you're spoilt for choice for your artistic outings! In fact, there may even be too many to choose from... So here's a selection ofexhibitions and venues to discover over the holiday.

By the way, do you know why November 11 is a public holiday in France?

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