What you can book while the Camondo is closed
For three seasons I took groups through the house at 63 rue de Monceau, and since the doors closed I have had the same conversation a dozen times: someone has read about the Camondo, built a morning around it, and found a scaffolded façade. I would rather you heard it from me now. The works cover the roofs, the façades and the interiors of a classified Historic Monument; the first safety phase finished in June 2026, the roof starts in May 2027, the rooms follow in 2028. None of that can be hurried. What can be done is to see the quarter the house belongs to, the collection its owners belonged to, and the Paris the family lived in. That is what these five listings are for, and none of them pretends to be the museum.
The five listings
One walk in the Camondo quarter, one museum ticket, one pass, two heritage walks. I have reviewed each separately; the cards go to GetYourGuide.
Passes Parc MonceauHaussmannian Paris 2-Hour Private Walking Tour
Same institutionParis: Museum of Decorative Arts Ticket and City Audio Tour
60+ museumsParis Museum Pass: 2, 4, or 6 Days
Small groupParis: Le Marais & Montmartre Jewish History Walking Tour
2 hoursParis: Jewish Heritage & Hidden Gems of Le Marais
Who should book what
You want to stand in front of the house. Take the Haussmannian Paris private walk. Two hours with a live guide, in English or French, from Métro Opéra along boulevard Haussmann to Saint-Augustin, the Musée Jacquemart-André and Parc Monceau. The route is about Haussmann’s rebuilding of Paris, not about the Camondo, but it ends at the park the house opens onto, and from there rue de Monceau is a two-minute detour. It is a private group, so ask the guide to finish at number 63; the ones I know are happy to. Twelve reviews only, all warm: Claudia from Germany wrote that she learned a lot about urban planning. My review of the walk has the meeting point and the rest.
You want to see French decorative arts today, in a real building. Book the Musée des Arts Décoratifs ticket. It is the same institution, Les Arts Décoratifs, in the Pavillon de Marsan of the Louvre palace at 107 rue de Rivoli, and it stays open throughout the Camondo works. The listing bundles the museum entry, all current exhibitions and an audio guide on your own phone. The rating is 3.7, and I explain why that is less alarming than it looks on the sister museum page.
You are doing several paid museums in a few days. The Paris Museum Pass covers sixty-odd museums and monuments for two, four or six consecutive days. The Camondo is a pass site in normal years, and the pass’s own listing says it is closed until 2030, so please do not buy the pass as a way in. Whether it earns its place without the Camondo depends on how many other paid sites you will visit; I work that through on the Museum Pass page.
You care about the family more than the furniture. The Marais and Montmartre Jewish history walk is three and a half hours, small group, in English: Hector Guimard’s Art Nouveau synagogue on rue Pavée, the exterior of the Shoah Memorial, rue des Rosiers, then public transport up to Montmartre. It does not visit Monceau, but it is the only listing here that deals with what happened to the Camondos and to Jewish Paris between 1940 and 1944, and the guides handle that with care. David from the United States wrote that his guide “deals with sensitive issues” well.
You have two hours in the Marais and want the short version. The Jewish heritage walk of Le Marais is two hours, exteriors only, from Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis through the Village Saint-Paul courtyards and rue des Rosiers to place des Vosges and Hôtel de Ville, offered in English, French, Italian and Spanish. Lighter than the long walk, and better if your feet or your afternoon are limited.
Walk, museum ticket or Museum Pass
These are the three most people weigh against each other. The two Marais walks are a different decision and I compare them on the reviews hub.
| Closest to CamondoHaussmannian Paris 2-Hour Private Walking Tour | Paris: Museum of Decorative Arts Ticket and City Audio Tour | Paris Museum Pass: 2, 4, or 6 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | 2-hour private walk, live guide, Opéra to Parc Monceau | Entry to MAD + current exhibitions + audio guide on your phone | Entry to 60+ museums and monuments in and around Paris |
| Connection to the Camondo | Ends at the park beside the house; rue de Monceau a short detour | Same institution; 18th-century décor and furniture on show now | Camondo is a pass site normally, but closed until 2030 |
| Format | Private group, English or French | Self-guided; audio in EN, FR, ES, IT, DE, ZH | Self-guided; physical pass collected near the Louvre |
| Validity | The booked slot | The day booked | 2, 4 or 6 consecutive days from first use |
| Cancellation | Free up to 24 hours before | Free up to 24 hours before | Free up to 24 hours before |
| Rating | 4.9 from 12 reviews | 3.7 from 225 reviews | 4.1 from 4,572 reviews |
| Best for | Anyone who came to Paris for the Camondo | Seeing period rooms and décor while the house is shut | Three or more paid museums in a run of days |
| Book this → | View → | View → |
Book the Haussmann walk for the afternoon and give yourself the hour after it. Parc Monceau stays open late from April to October, the Musée Cernuschi on the park’s east side is free for its permanent collection, and the Camondo façade at 63 rue de Monceau is a two-minute walk from the park gate. I map the loop on the around the museum page.
What I would not book
Anything sold as a Camondo ticket, a Camondo skip-the-line, or a Camondo guided visit dated before the reopening. I have not seen a live listing of that kind on GetYourGuide, and if one appears it is a mistake. The house is shut, the collection is in store or under covers, and the only way to see the rooms right now is on a screen; I cover the honest options for that on the visit online page.
Read the reviews before you decide
I have written up each listing from the GetYourGuide reviews and my own knowledge of the routes. Start with the Haussmann walk review if the house is the point of your trip, or go to the reviews hub for all five.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I buy a ticket to the Musée Nissim de Camondo?
No. The museum closed on 4 August 2024 for restoration and is expected to reopen at the end of 2029; nothing is on sale for the interim. The tickets page explains what the ticket used to cover and what to book instead.
Which of these gets me closest to the house?
The Haussmannian Paris private walk. It ends at Parc Monceau, and the house at 63 rue de Monceau opens onto the park; ask the guide to finish there. The walk review has the meeting point at Métro Opéra and the red tote bag to look for.
Is the Camondo in the Paris Museum Pass?
In normal years, yes. Right now the pass’s own listing says the museum is closed until 2030, so the pass does not get you in. Whether it is worth having for the rest of Paris is on the Museum Pass page.
Is the Musée des Arts Décoratifs the same as the Camondo?
Same institution, different building. Les Arts Décoratifs runs both; the rue de Rivoli museum is open, the Monceau house is not. The sister museum page says what a Camondo visitor will and will not find there.
Do any of these walks talk about the Camondo family?
The Marais and Montmartre Jewish history walk covers the Shoah Memorial and the deportations, which is the context for Béatrice de Camondo’s death at Auschwitz, though the guides do not go to Monceau. Read the family page first and the walk will mean more.
Can I cancel if my plans change?
All five listings cancel free up to 24 hours before. The GetYourGuide page for each is the authority on the exact terms; check the cancellation line before you confirm.