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Free-admission visitors and expected supporting documents
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  • Under 18 years old 

Photo ID

  • 18-25 year olds from the European Union or the European Economic Area

Photo ID

  • 18-25 year olds who are not citizens of the European Union but are long-term residents of France or another EU country (holders of a visa of more than three months)

Photo ID and valid student card or residence certificate

  • Holders of the Musée d'Orsay Carte blanche

Valid membership card

  • Holders of the Musée d'Orsay Carte blanche with a guest

Valid "Duo" membership card

  • Holders of a Paris Museum Pass

Valid Paris Museum Pass (reservation strongly recommended)

  • Members of ICOM and ICOMOS

Membership card validated for the current year

  • Supporting members, association members and regular members of the Amis du musée d'Orsay or American Friends of the Musée d'Orsay

Benefactor, association or member card for the current year

  • Barnes Foundation members with a guest    

Member+1 card for the current year

  • Members of the Louvre Abu Dhabi with a guest    

Current year Membership for Everyone card +1 accompanying person

  • Louvre Abu Dhabi members with 4 guests     

Patrons Circle card for the current year +4 accompanying persons

  • Students of the École du Louvre

Validated school card for the current period

  • Auditors from the École du Louvre

Validated school card for the current period

  • Students of the École Nationale du Patrimoine, the Ecole des Chartes, the IFROA and university restoration graduates.

Validated school card for the current year

  • Students in the arts in universities and public art schools (up to the age of 30): architecture, art history, archaeology, plastic arts, graphic arts, design and industrial creation, art professions, photography, cinema, audiovisual, fashion and styling, museum, heritage and landscape, excluding evening class and senior citizen university students.

School card indicating the validated artistic field of study for the current year

  • Teachers in the arts in universities and public art schools: architecture, art history, archaeology, plastic arts, graphic arts, design and industrial creation, art professions, photography, cinema, audiovisual, fashion and styling, museum, heritage and landscape

Teacher's card indicating the artistic field validated for the current year

  • Job seekers

Proof of less than 6 months or indicating a period of validity accompanied by a photo ID

  • People on income support, asylum seekers and refugees

RSA (French active solidarity income) or other certificate (CAF or city hall), accompanied by a photo ID
Temporary Waiting Allowance or Asylum Seeker Allowance
Temporary residence permit for refugees from Ukraine

  • Holders of the minimum old age pension

Annual certificate of receipt of the supplementary allowance from the French National Solidarity Fund

  • Disabled persons holding a disability card or a "priority" card for disabled persons, with an accompanying person

Cards issued by a valid MDPH (departmental house for the disabled) and CDAPH (commission for the rights and autonomy of the disabled), COTOREP card with DDASS stamp, ONAC card, or equivalent foreign certificate, accompanied by a photo ID, RQTH (French disabled worker card).

  • Pass Éducation holders (Éducation nationale française) 

Valid Pass Éducation

  • Students in ESPE (formerly IUFM, 1st and 2nd year)

Valid school card

  • Active or retired staff of the Ministry of Culture, with an accompanying person

Valid Ministry of Culture card

  • Scientific staff of French and foreign public museums (curators and inspectors general of museums)

Certificate of practice or service card validated for the current year

  • Staff of the Institut national d'histoire de l'art

INHA card validated for the current year

  • Art journalists and critics (AICA)

Press card or membership card of the International Association of Art Critics or the Art Press Union, validated for the current year

  • Professional artists (painters, sculptors, engravers)

Card or certificate from the Maison des artistes with annual sticker or international artist's identity card, or card from the Cité internationale des arts

  • Museum guides
    • RMN and national museum guides
    • National guide-interpreter (and auxiliary guide-interpreter on a permanent basis)
    • Île-de-France regional guide-interpreter (and auxiliary guide-interpreter on a permanent basis)
    • Tour guide of the cities and countries of art and history

Professional cards from the French Ministries of Culture and Tourism

  • French MPs, senators and members of the European Parliament

Identity card of the National Assembly, the Senate or the European Parliament

  • Groups of social assistance recipients with an accompanying person

Certificate from the city hall. Consult the groups section

  • Groups of active teachers with a Pass Éducation and an accompanying person

Photo ID. Consult the groups section

  • Public figures on official visit