Saint-Eustache Church: Great Organ, Keith Haring, Opening Hours and Access

Updated on October 7, 2026

Saint-Eustache church, in the heart of the Les Halles district in the 1st arrondissement, is open every day, with free admission. Begun in 1532, it combines a Gothic structure with Renaissance decoration, and its vault is higher than Notre-Dame's. It holds one of the largest organs in France and, in the Saint Vincent de Paul chapel, Keith Haring's triptych "The Life of Christ", reopened to the public in June 2026 after restoration.

Highlights

A Gothic building with Renaissance decoration

The south façade, seen from the Nelson Mandela garden, shows the church's unusual architecture, begun in 1532. Richelieu and Molière were baptised here, and Mozart held his mother's funeral here in 1778.

The nave and the great organ

The great organ has 101 stops, five keyboards and about 8,000 pipes. It towers over the nave, which resounded to Berlioz's Te Deum when it was first performed here in 1855.

The Sunday organ recital

Every Sunday at 5pm, a resident or guest organist gives a public recital. The console of the great organ shows the scale of the instrument.

Practical info

Tips

Admission is free. Keith Haring's gilded bronze triptych, the artist's last work, is in the Saint Vincent de Paul chapel; check on site whether it is open. Access for people with reduced mobility is through the central glass door facing the Nelson Mandela garden, on the south transept side. The church is an active place of worship: weekday Mass at 8am and 6:30pm, Saturday at 6:30pm, Sunday at 11am and 6:30pm. The Forum des Halles, the Bourse de Commerce and the Centre Pompidou are nearby.