Museum of the Liberation of Paris

Updated on September 30, 2026

At Denfert-Rochereau, this museum traces the Occupation, Resistance and Liberation through the lives of Jean Moulin and General Leclerc. Objects, documents and archives place their commitments within the history of the Second World War. It occupies the western pavilion of the former Barrière d’Enfer tollgate in the 14th arrondissement.

Highlights

Ledoux’s pavilion

Claude Nicolas Ledoux designed the pavilions of this former tollgate in the late eighteenth century. Since 2019, the museum has occupied the western pavilion, above the command post used by Rol-Tanguy in August 1944.

The two Barrière d’Enfer pavilions

From the avenue, look at the symmetrical buildings that framed an entrance to Paris. The museum pavilion retains a frieze sculpted by Jean-Guillaume Moitte, worth examining before the wartime displays.

Infos pratiques

Tips

The permanent collection is free; the Robert Capa exhibition, running until 20 December 2026, costs €11, or €9 reduced (prices checked in September 2026). Book a timed ticket for this exhibition. Ask at reception on arrival for a free command-post slot, subject to availability. Its hundred steps prevent access for visitors with reduced mobility; reception offers a virtual visit on a tablet.

How to get there

Metro Denfert-Rochereau, lines 4 and 6; RER B at Denfert-Rochereau. Buses 38, 68 and 88. Address: 4 avenue du colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, 75014 Paris, place Denfert-Rochereau, opposite the Catacombs entrance.