Museum of the Liberation of Paris 2026: Free Entry, Hours, Denfert-Rochereau
The Museum of the Liberation of Paris, on Place Denfert-Rochereau, has free permanent collections and is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm; Métro Denfert-Rochereau (lines 4 and 6). 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.
Practical info
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. Allow 1.5 to 2 hours for the permanent collections and the descent to the command post (our own estimate). The museum, in the 14th arrondissement, faces the entrance to the Catacombs: arrive at opening if you want to combine the two.
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.
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