Picasso Museum – Musée Picasso

(Last Update: 05.06.2025) In this article, we will talk about how you will enjoy visiting Paris with a very rich collection. Picasso MuseumWe will visit together. When it comes to Picasso, there will be plenty of visuals in this article. Of course, before we start, I must say that the information and images in this article may not be exactly the same when you go to visit this museum. Because over time, some works are taken into restoration, some are sent to other temporary exhibitions, and sometimes some halls are taken into restoration and the tour route may change. Now, let's start getting to know the museum in the light of this preliminary note:

Picasso Museum Marais DistrictIt is located in a magnificent historical building at the northern end of . Here “Hôtel Salé” in the 17th century It is a very beautiful building built as a private residence. In fact, it is a pleasure to wander around the halls of the magnificent buildings where those works are exhibited, as well as seeing the works in museums in Paris.

Its size and magnificence cannot be understood from the outside; As you continue down the street following the wall, you enter the courtyard through the door on the left; Of course, the first thing that catches your eye is a long tail...

So how do we get rid of this tail? It's simple: Before you come, you need to buy tickets from the museum's official website, which you can find at the end of this article. I realized this very late and was the only way I could get in easily. If you don't have a ticket, you risk losing a lot of time in the long queue that snakes around the courtyard, but if you buy your ticket in advance, you can bypass the queue and show your ticket to the officer at the outside door to enter, and he directs you to the "ticket holders" queue in the courtyard. Of course, the queue is very short here, you enter the museum immediately and life becomes much better then.

Inside, there will be ticket booths right in front of you; Assuming that you have purchased your ticket in advance, I suggest that you turn left, thinking that you will have no business there, and climb the steps ahead and enter the first hall where the works are exhibited. The actual ticket checking is done here; When entering here, you scan the ticket on the device held by the officer.

From now on, it's all about leaving yourself in the bosom of art. If I'm not mistaken in more than thirty halls Numerous works of art, each more beautiful than the other, are waiting for you here. majority chronological Even though it is listed in some halls thematic works are also exhibited.

If you are interested in art, especially painting, it is impossible not to be happy here, especially if Picasso is important to you, then you are in heaven. Surrealism or cubism If it doesn't interest you, then you are free to choose whether to see this museum or not, but seeing world-famous works in Paris is truly a different experience.

I visited the Picasso Museum in Barcelona in 2008 and was introduced to Picasso's works on a broad scale there. Until then, Picasso was also for me - in its most primitive terms - drawing silly pictures He was a painter, but when I saw all these works together, I changed my mind. I had the chance to see from which stages he reached which point on a historical line, and I understood more clearly what the artist did and what he achieved.

Moreover, as an ordinary art lover, not a painting expert or art historian, my view of the works is entirely based on personal "likes and dislikes". If you are not an art professional or artworks are not your specialty, then you will visit this museum like me. You will love some of the works very much, and you will find some of them meaningless and worthless. Of course, money changers will always know the value of gold.

Picasso, who first came to Paris to represent Spain at the famous international fair in 1900, spent a significant part of his life in Paris.. Naturally, he produced many works on Paris. Among these, the one that impressed me the most is the one you see above. Sacred Heart Obviously it worked.

He is known as one of the most productive artists with his determination, producing thousands of works not only in painting but also in many fields such as sculpture, ceramics and engraving. Around 3.000 of Picasso's works are exhibited in this museum in Paris. It's truly unbelievable. He has packed thousands of works into a lifetime, and "only" more than three thousand of them are exhibited in the Picasso Museum in Paris...

While walking around the museum, you may not realize what a magnificent building you are walking around in because the walls in most of the halls are covered with white plasterboard and the works are highlighted, but especially when you see the stairs going up to the upper floor, you understand what kind of building you are in.

Especially when you go up these stairs to the upper floor, you can see the display of the arched section opposite. Pan Flute His painting is quite impressive. If you follow the halls according to their order numbers, you can visit the museum on a very beautiful route. Sometimes there may be halls that have no continuation left or right; You may have to visit there, come back and continue your way in the other direction.

All paintings in the museum are exhibited in glass cabinets. I don't understand why they used glossy glass instead of matte glass, it is quite difficult to take photos...

When you go upstairs, the ceiling height decreases, the feeling of spaciousness on the lower floor gradually disappears, but beautiful works of art welcome you again. Especially when you come across familiar works, you can't help but feel happy. As you move from room to room, you cannot believe your eyes. You wonder how you can fit so many works into a lifetime, even if it's 91 years old, and you're amazed that what you see is only a part of Picasso's works.

When you reach the end of the second floor, you reach a high-ceilinged hall, from here you go up again with the stairs. There, the road takes you to halls where beautiful works of art are exhibited. Not only the paintings but also the sculptures impress people while wandering around here.

You continue to wander around the building, sometimes there may be a special section reserved for a few pictures in a hidden corner; Be careful not to overlook these, I think you may encounter really pleasant surprises.

Finally, you climb to the attic. This place reminds you how old a building you are in. Ceiling and support boards, inclined skylights, paintings on the walls; Everything is so, so beautiful…

Of course, another surprise is that this museum does not only contain Pablo Picasso's works, but also works from the artist's personal collection, belonging to his contemporaries and artist friends. While visiting the museum, you will come across Renoir, Gauguin, Cézanne When the paintings come out, a different smile appears on your face.

At the finale of your trip, the corridor brings you to a staircase, which spirals you down. For a moment, you think that you will go out through the main exit door and you will never be able to enter the museum again, but these stairs take you to the bottom, the main hall where you first entered the museum. If you think your trip is over at this point, you are wrong. Because when you go down the stairs to the right of the box office to the basement, you realize that the museum continues there as well.

Another ticket check is made at the entrance to the basement floor, and you have the chance to see the interesting sculpture works on this floor in a pleasant architectural atmosphere. There is a path from here to the backyard, but it was closed when we went.

After finishing the museum, you go up again and return to the main hall; If you have time, I recommend you to carefully examine the Picasso paintings on the wall there, they are really beautiful.

Also, if you like to look at the "museum shop" like me after visiting the museum, you can look at the section on the right at the entrance. And then, of course, the most enjoyable part will be drinking a tired coffee in the museum cafe. To do this, all you have to do is go up the spiral staircase right next to the "museum shop". You will understand what I mean when you order your coffee at the small rooftop cafe and go to the terrace with a tray in your hand (or look at the photo below) :)

You can feel tired after drinking your coffee and enjoying the terrace and the museum. Marsh It's time to throw it back on the streets. What you can do here Marais District I tried to explain it in detail in the article, you can find the details there, but as soon as you leave, you can see the next street Royal Cafe BarYou can drink a coffee to relieve fatigue, You might be surprised to see the shop owner who looks like Picasso 😉

The best way to come to the Picasso Museum by public transportation M1 metro  Saint Paul When you get off at the stop and leave the station, walk straight across the street, when the road ends, first turn left, walk for a short time and turn right from the small square in front of you; The museum will be right in front of you on the left.

Picasso museum is open every day of the week except Mondays. It is closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25 due to public holidays. The museum can be visited between 10:30-18:00 from Tuesday to Friday and 09:30-18:00 on weekends. Another good news is that the Picasso Museum Museums that can be visited free of charge on the first Sunday of every monthbeing one of; Of course, provided that you are willing to wait in long queues…

Art is beautiful; Stay with art, live with art.

Pleasant trips, pleasant discoveries…

Web address: museepicassoparis.fr

Address: 5 Rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris