Musée Jacquemart-André: Visiting the Mansion Museum on Boulevard Haussmann

At number 158 Boulevard Haussmann, the Musée Jacquemart-André is not a purpose-built gallery but a former private mansion — an hôtel particulier built in the Second Empire style for the collector Édouard André and his wife, the portraitist Nélie Jacquemart. Seen in the rooms the couple actually lived in, the collection of Italian Renaissance, Flemish and French eighteenth-century art is widely described as the finest private art collection in Paris. It is one of the cultural stops covered in our Boulevard Haussmann sightseeing guide, and this page gives it the practical detail that guide does not: exact hours, current ticket prices, the exhibition on show now, and how to get there.

Musée Jacquemart-André: key visiting facts

Opening hours and last admission

Last admission is 30 minutes before closing. The museum closes early, at 18:00, on Friday 25 December 2026 and Friday 1 January 2027. The cultural book and gift shop follows the museum's opening hours, including Sundays.

Tickets and prices

A single ticket covers both the permanent collection and the current exhibition. Entry is free for children under 7, members and staff of the Institut de France, and disabled visitors with an accompanying person. While an exhibition is running, entry is by a 15-minute time slot chosen when you book, so the time you pick is the time you go in.

What's on now: "Timeless Tintoretto"

From 11 September 2026 to 24 January 2027 the museum is showing "Timeless Tintoretto", devoted to Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto (1518/19–1594), one of the leading figures of Italian Mannerism. The exhibition presents, for the first time in France, a comprehensive overview of his whole career, and traces how his influence reached nineteenth-century French painting. Bringing together some forty paintings and graphic works from public and private collections in France, Italy and elsewhere, it looks at his bold compositions, dramatic lighting and rapid brushwork — the Venetian prestezza — alongside the sculptural drawing of the Tuscan masters he admired. It is curated by Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa, Neville Rowley and Pierre Curie.

If you want to see the exhibition, book before you travel: during exhibitions the museum uses timed entry, and weekends and the Christmas period fill first.

What to see inside

Édouard André, heir to a banking fortune, and Nélie Jacquemart, a successful portrait painter, filled their home with art and left it to the Institut de France as a museum. Because the collection stayed in the rooms built for it, you see masterpieces in a domestic setting rather than in a gallery — Italian Renaissance paintings, Flemish masters and French eighteenth-century decorative arts, in salons, a grand staircase and a winter garden that survive much as the couple arranged them.

The building itself is part of the visit: the interiors are one of the best places on the boulevard to see authentic Haussmann-era decoration close up. The grand double-revolution staircase, the salons and the glass-roofed winter garden give you the herringbone floors, gilding and period furniture in their original setting rather than behind glass. Our Haussmann-style interior design guide explains the details you will be looking at, our photography guide covers the angles worth shooting, and our history of Boulevard Haussmann sets the mansion in the Second Empire rebuilding of the city that gives the boulevard its name.

Weekday mornings are the quietest time to see the mansion rooms, since the timed exhibition slots and the weekend brunch crowd both thin out after lunch. During the Tintoretto exhibition, a late Friday opening gives the longest visit of the week.

Eat on site: Le Nélie

The museum's restaurant and tea room, Le Nélie, is inside the house, so you can break a visit without leaving the building. It serves from 9:30 to 18:00 Monday to Thursday, 9:30 to 22:00 on Fridays, and 11:00 to 19:00 at weekends, with a weekend brunch from 11:00 to 14:30. It is one of several options covered in our guide to eating and shopping around Boulevard Haussmann.

Getting there and around

The mansion sits on the even side of Boulevard Haussmann, in the 8th arrondissement, between the Opera and Parc Monceau districts — a short walk west of the Galeries Lafayette and Printemps department stores. Three metro stations are within about a ten-minute flat walk: Saint-Augustin, Miromesnil and Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, all on lines 9 and 13. Coming from further out, take RER line A to Charles-de-Gaulle–Étoile and metro line 9 onward. Bus lines 22, 28, 43, 52, 54, 80, 83, 84 and 93 stop nearby, there is a Vélib' station on Rue de Berri, and the Haussmann-Berri car park is at the foot of the museum, open 24 hours. Note that the façade is set back from the street: you enter through a courtyard rather than a door on the pavement.

For the wider picture, see our guide to getting to the boulevard, the Boulevard Haussmann metro stations, the area map, and, if you are staying nearby, where to stay.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Musée Jacquemart-André worth visiting?

If you want to see major paintings in the setting they were collected for, yes. It brings together Renaissance, Flemish and French eighteenth-century works inside a preserved Second Empire mansion, which is a different experience from a large national gallery — and it sits right on Boulevard Haussmann, so it combines easily with a visit to the department stores.

Do I need to book ahead?

Not strictly, but during an exhibition entry is by a 15-minute time slot chosen when you book, so booking ahead secures the time you want. It is worth doing during the Tintoretto exhibition, especially at weekends and over the holidays.

Are children free?

Children under 7 enter free. Children aged 7 to 18 pay the youth rate of €10, and a family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children aged 7–18 costs €51.

What are the cheapest tickets?

The full rate is €19. Reduced tickets at €16 are available to students, Pass Education holders, the unemployed and visitors aged 19–25, and the youth rate is €10 for ages 7–18. Free admission applies to children under 7, Institut de France members and staff, and disabled visitors with a companion.

Is it open on 25 December or 1 January?

Yes, but with an early close: on Friday 25 December 2026 and Friday 1 January 2027 the museum closes at 18:00 instead of its usual Friday 22:00.

Where exactly is it on Boulevard Haussmann?

At 158 boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris, on the even side of the boulevard in the 8th arrondissement — a short walk from Saint-Augustin, Miromesnil and Saint-Philippe-du-Roule metro stations.