Visitors with disabilities
The Musée de l'Armée provides specific access to facilitate your visit, and offers tours for groups so that everyone can explore its collections.
Accessibility
Parking and entrance
Visitors with mobility disabilities are invited to enter at 6 boulevard des Invalides. Places are reserved for them in the back alleys.
Lifts
All the Museum’s spaces are accessible and equipped with lifts. The Department of Arms and Armour has ground-floor access. The Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération also has ground-floor access, from South Reception, and the Musée des Plans-Reliefs is equipped with a lift.
Please note: the Dôme which houses Napoléon I’s tomb is not accessible to individuals with reduced mobility since there are steps both inside and outside.
Loan of equipment
Wheelchairs* may be borrowed by individuals with mobility issues; these are available from the reception/ticket desks at the Esplanade des Invalides (north side) and Place Vauban (south side).
Proof of identity is required, and will be retained at the reception desk during your visit.
Folding seats are freely available within the temporary exhibition spaces.
*subject to availability
Tips for visitors
A complete tour of all the Museum’s collections and the Dôme (Napoleon I’s tomb) requires over 4 hours. We advise visitors to limit themselves to 2 spaces per visit.
Further information may be obtained by contacting us by email at this addresscontact@musee-armee.fr
Conditions of free admission
Admission to the Museum is free for the disabled person and one accompanying person. Valid proof of eligibility must be shown. An admission ticket is nonetheless required for access to the Museum areas. A ticket can be collected at the south ticket office near the Dome, which is equipped with an access ramp, as is the Carré des Invalides (restaurant).
Visitors in a group
Groups looking to visit on their own without a tour guide must book first by sending an e-mail to: jeunes@musee-armee.fr.
Adults on self-guided tours
Prior booking is required for both guided and self-guided tours for groups.
Guided tours for cultural outreach and disabled groups
Tours offered by the Museum can be adjusted to meet the needs of individuals with motor, auditory, mental and visual disabilities. Only tours of the Dôme are inaccessible to individuals with reduced mobility, since the Dôme Church has no disabled access.
- Price: €50 for cultural outreach and disabled groups, for groups of 15 individuals.
- For information and bookings: jeunes@musee-armee.fr