Things to do in Le Marais, Paris, in October 2026

The status of each sight, early October 2026

Statuses below come from official websites read between 2 and 4 October 2026. Check them again before a trip, because works and special openings change.

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Closed or changing

• Centre Pompidou. Closed to the public since 22 September 2025, with a works site started in early 2026 and a reopening announced for 2030, with no precise date. See our Centre Pompidou page.
• Village Saint-Paul. Open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., with shops and restaurants open on Sunday, but the landlord, the RIVP, is refurbishing the buildings and the inner courtyards: expect scaffolding. See the Village Saint-Paul guide.
• BHV Marais. The department store at 52 rue de Rivoli was open at 2 October 2026 but under heavy restructuring; since June 2026 it has been run by its former management after a sale. See the BHV page.
• Hôtel de Ville. Individual visits suspended until further notice (paris.fr, 26 January 2026); group visits on request. See the Hôtel de Ville page.
• mahJ. The Museum of Jewish Art and History is open in 2026; according to its official site it is due to close in early 2028 and reopen in spring 2030.

Museums

• Picasso Museum, 5 rue de Thorigny: Tuesday to Sunday, 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., last entry 5.15 p.m. See the Picasso Museum page.
• Carnavalet Museum, 23 rue de Sévigné: Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., last entry to the collections 5.15 p.m. See the Carnavalet Museum.
• Cognacq-Jay Museum, 8 rue Elzévir: Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; only the permanent collections were listed on 2 October. See the Cognacq-Jay page.
• Archives nationales, hôtel de Soubise, 60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois: Monday, Wednesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., weekends 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., closed Tuesday. See the Archives nationales page.
• Maison de Victor Hugo, 6 place des Vosges: Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; paid for the whole museum from 11 June to 22 November 2026, for the exhibition Hugo et l’architecture. See the Maison de Victor Hugo.
• Museum of Hunting and Nature, 62 rue des Archives: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., late opening on Wednesday until 9.30 p.m. outside July and August; an exhibition runs from 15 October 2026 to 21 February 2027. See the museum page.
• Musée des Arts et Métiers, 60 rue Réaumur: Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday until 9 p.m. See the museum page.
• Shoah Memorial, 17 rue Geoffroy-l’Asnier: free, Sunday to Friday, closed Saturday. See the Memorial page.

Squares, courtyards, streets and markets

• Place des Vosges. Garden open 8 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. at weekends in October 2026; the arcades are always open. See the place des Vosges.
• Hôtel de Sully. Courtyard and garden open daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; the interiors are closed except for special visits. See the Hôtel de Sully.
• Marché des Enfants-Rouges, 39 rue de Bretagne: closed Monday, open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m., Thursday to 9.30 p.m., Sunday 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Rue des Rosiers. Pedestrian on Sundays since 2006, quiet on weekdays; kosher businesses close for Shabbat. See the rue des Rosiers.
• Church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis. Open daily 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., not during services. See the church page.

What is open on which day

Read from the official hours above, as at 2 to 4 October 2026.

• Monday. Most museums are closed: the Picasso, Carnavalet, Cognacq-Jay, Hugo, Hunting and Nature, Arts et Métiers and mahJ museums all close that day. Open on a Monday: the Archives nationales (10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.), the Shoah Memorial (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), the Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), the courtyard and garden of the Hôtel de Sully, the church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, the Village Saint-Paul and the place des Vosges. The Marché des Enfants-Rouges is closed.
• Tuesday. The reverse: every museum above is open except the Archives nationales, which close on Tuesdays.
• Saturday. The Shoah Memorial is closed, and the Archives nationales open only from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Kosher businesses on the rue des Rosiers close from late Friday afternoon to Saturday evening.
• Sunday. The Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris is closed, the Archives nationales again open from 2 p.m., and the Marché des Enfants-Rouges closes at 5 p.m. The rue des Rosiers is pedestrian and crowded.

Evenings

Several sights stay open after 6 p.m. on one weekday. The Museum of Hunting and Nature opens until 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday, except in July and August. The Museum of Jewish Art and History opens until 9 p.m. on Wednesday from 15 October 2026 to 14 March 2027. The Shoah Memorial opens until 9 p.m. on Thursday, as does the Marché des Enfants-Rouges, until 9.30 p.m., and the Musée des Arts et Métiers opens until 9 p.m. on Friday. The Hôtel de Ville’s Salle Saint-Jean exhibitions run until 8 p.m. on Thursday, according to the hours of the 2026 exhibition.

What is free and what is not

• Free to enter: the Carnavalet Museum’s permanent collections, the Cognacq-Jay Museum’s permanent collections outside temporary exhibitions, the Archives nationales (apartments, permanent route and exhibitions), the Shoah Memorial, the church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, the courtyard and garden of the Hôtel de Sully, the Marché des Enfants-Rouges and the place des Vosges.
• Free on some days: the Picasso Museum on the first Sunday of the month, without booking, and the mahJ on the first Saturday of the month from October to June.
• Paid: the Picasso Museum at €16, the mahJ at €13, the Musée des Arts et Métiers at €12 for the collections, and the Museum of Hunting and Nature at €13 during a temporary exhibition and €11 between two. The Maison de Victor Hugo is paid, at the rate shown by the museum, from 11 June to 22 November 2026, and free for its permanent collections the rest of the time.

Four walks, measured

Distances are straight-line, from the coordinates in our data; times follow our method (distance × 1.3, at 80 m a minute), and visits are not included.

• Four museums of the south of the Haut-Marais. From the Picasso Museum to the Cognacq-Jay Museum (174 m), then the Carnavalet Museum (163 m), the place des Vosges (274 m) and the Maison de Victor Hugo (72 m): 682 metres, about 11 minutes of walking between stops.
• The western museums and the Jewish quarter. From the Archives nationales to the Museum of Hunting and Nature (197 m), the mahJ (228 m), the rue des Rosiers (508 m) and the Shoah Memorial (346 m): 1,279 metres, about 21 minutes.
• The Saint-Paul corner. From the Hôtel de Sully to the church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis (148 m), the Village Saint-Paul (125 m) and the Shoah Memorial (422 m): 695 metres, about 11 minutes.
• From the north. From the Musée des Arts et Métiers to the Marché des Enfants-Rouges (580 m) and the Picasso Museum (373 m): 954 metres, about 15 minutes.

Organised visits

Walking tours of the Marais, including one on the Jewish quarter and a food tour, are listed on GetYourGuide and Tiqets; we saw them in the catalogues on 4 October 2026 and checked neither dates nor prices.

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Further guides, and where to sleep

For a route, see our walking-tour guide. For food, see brunch in Le Marais and falafel in Le Marais; for shops, Le Marais shopping. For hotels, see hotels on and near the place des Vosges and the lists for the 3rd and 4th arrondissement.

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