Picasso Museum Paris 2026: Tickets, Hours, Prices, Getting There

The Picasso Museum, housed in the Hôtel Salé in the Marais, is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30am to 6pm; tickets €16, free on the first Sunday of the month; Métro Saint-Paul or Chemin Vert. Housed in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century mansion in the heart of the Marais, the Picasso Museum holds the largest public collection in the world devoted to the artist: paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and sketchbooks, most of them from the donation made by his heirs to the French State. The Hôtel Salé owes its nickname to the man who commissioned it, Pierre Aubert de Fontenay, a collector of the gabelle, the old salt tax. The mansion itself, with its courtyard, grand staircase, and painted ceilings, is worth the visit on its own.

Highlights

The Jupiter Room

This ceremonial hall, built in 1660, has kept its stucco bas-reliefs by Martin Desjardins and the Marsy brothers. Today it displays a hang of Picasso's work, including The Acrobat from 1930.

The Painted Entrance Ceiling

The richly decorated ceiling of the main vestibule offers a glimpse of the architectural splendor the building's first owner sought in the 17th century. Take a moment to look up before heading to the collections.

The Facade and Garden

The Hôtel Salé is among the most beautiful mansions in the Marais. It was restored by architect Jean-François Bodin and became a museum in 1985, nearly a century after its original construction.

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