Is the Musée Nissim de Camondo in the Paris Museum Pass?

Short answer: in normal years, yes; right now, it makes no difference. The Camondo is a Paris Museum Pass site, and the pass’s own listing says the museum is closed for renovations until 2030, so no pass will get you through the gate on rue de Monceau before the reopening. Whether the pass is worth buying without the Camondo is a separate question about how many other paid museums you will visit on two, four or six consecutive days. I work through that below, including the free time-slot reservations that catch people out at the Louvre and the Orangerie.

Camondo in the passNormally yes

Camondo nowClosed; pass site says until 2030

Durations2, 4 or 6 consecutive days

Sites60+ in and around Paris

Collect the passOffice near the Louvre, 9:00–16:00 daily

CancellationFree up to 24 h

I have a copy of an older Paris guidebook that lists the Camondo among the pass sites near Parc Monceau, and I still see people plan around it. It was true. It will be true again. It is not true this year or next, and I would rather you knew before you counted the Camondo as one of the museums that justifies the pass. This page is my attempt to be useful about the pass itself, because it is a good product for the right visitor, and honest about the one site this website is named after.

60+ museums

The Camondo and the pass, plainly

The Musée Nissim de Camondo has been closed since 4 August 2024 for restoration of the interiors, roofs and façades. The institution now targets the end of 2029 for reopening; the pass’s listing rounds that to 2030. The two figures describe the same plan. So the pass includes the Camondo in the sense that the museum is on the list, and excludes it in every sense that matters to your trip. When it reopens I would expect it to rejoin the active list, and I will say so on the closure page when that happens. Do not buy the pass for the Camondo.

How the pass works

You choose two, four or six days. They are consecutive calendar days, and day one begins the first time you use the pass, even if that is at two in the afternoon. A two-day pass first used at 14:00 on a Tuesday is finished when museums close on Wednesday. Plan the first use for a morning.

The GetYourGuide purchase is a voucher. You exchange it for the physical pass at an office near the Louvre, open 9:00 to 16:00 daily, so build that errand into your first day and do not arrive at 16:30 expecting to collect. Once you have the card, the sites include the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, the Orangerie, the Arc de Triomphe, Sainte-Chapelle, the Conciergerie, the Musée de l’Armée, the Rodin and Picasso museums, and outside the city Versailles, Fontainebleau and Chantilly, among sixty-odd in all. The current list is on parismuseumpass.fr and I would check it the week you travel rather than trust a printed guide.

The reservation trap

Holding the pass is not the same as holding a slot. The Louvre, the Orangerie, the Hôtel de la Marine and the Cité de l’Architecture all require a free time-slot reservation on top of the pass, and the popular ones fill days ahead. Audrey from the United States put it well in her review: make the reservations for the required places way ahead. If you skip that step you can find yourself outside the Louvre with a valid pass and no way in until tomorrow, and on a two-day pass tomorrow is the last day.

The Louvre palace on rue de Rivoli; the pass is collected at an office nearby

Is it worth it without the Camondo?

That depends on a count, and the count has nothing to do with Monceau. Write down the paid museums and monuments you will actually enter within the consecutive days, then compare that list against the pass list. If the Louvre, Orsay, the Orangerie and Versailles are all on it in the same four days, the pass is doing real work and Beth’s comment, that it saved her booking individual entries one by one, will apply to you. Sandra from Mexico called it a great resource for people particularly interested in art, history and architecture, which is the visitor it suits. If your list is two museums and a lot of walking, the pass is administration you do not need.

Two things specific to a Camondo-minded trip. The Musée Cernuschi on the east side of Parc Monceau is a City of Paris museum whose permanent collection is free, so no pass is needed there. And I cannot tell you from the listing whether the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is a pass site, so check the official list before you assume; if you are under 26 you get in free there anyway, as the free admission page explains. For the sister museum itself, read the MAD page.

What works

One card for sixty-odd sites, including Versailles and Fontainebleau
Removes the individual ticket queue at many museums
Clear consecutive-day logic once you understand it
Large review sample: 4.1 from 4,572 reviews
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

Worth knowing

Does not get you into the Camondo before the reopening
Louvre, Orangerie, Hôtel de la Marine and Cité de l’Architecture still need free slots
Days run consecutively from first use, even a mid-afternoon one
Voucher must be exchanged near the Louvre between 9:00 and 16:00
Many museums close one weekday, which can eat into a short pass

Insider tip

Collect the pass late one afternoon and start using it the next morning. Collection does not start the clock; first entry does. Then put the Louvre slot reservation in your calendar before you leave home. Once the pass is running, the Monceau quarter fits the gaps: the park, the Cernuschi and the walk past the Camondo cost nothing and are mapped on the around the museum page.

Pass or a single walk?

Different purchases for different trips. The pass is for a museum-heavy few days. If you came to Paris for the Camondo and the pass is a way of filling the gap it left, I would rather you spent the same afternoon on the private Haussmann walk that ends at Parc Monceau, or on the family’s story in the Marais. Both are on the all tours page. My longer verdict on the pass itself, with the reviewer material, is the Museum Pass review.

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Frequently asked questions

Does the Paris Museum Pass include the Musée Nissim de Camondo?

On paper, yes; the Camondo is a pass site in normal years. In practice the museum is closed until the end of 2029 (the pass site says 2030), so the pass will not get you in. The closure page has the timeline.

When do the pass days start?

At your first use, and they run on consecutive calendar days. A pass first scanned at 14:00 still counts that whole day as day one. Collecting the physical pass at the office near the Louvre does not start the clock; entering a museum does.

Which sites need a reservation even with the pass?

The Louvre, the Orangerie, the Hôtel de la Marine and the Cité de l’Architecture all require a free time-slot booking on top of the pass. Make them before you travel. Audrey’s review says the same in fewer words.

Where do I collect the pass?

At an office near the Louvre, open 9:00 to 16:00 daily. You show the GetYourGuide voucher and receive the physical pass. Plan it for your arrival day so your first museum morning is not spent queuing for the card.

Is the pass worth it if I only wanted the Camondo?

No. Count the paid museums you will actually enter in the consecutive days; if there are three or more on the pass list, it earns its place, otherwise it does not. For a Camondo-centred trip the Monceau walk or the sister museum is the better use of the afternoon.

Is the Musée Cernuschi in the pass?

You do not need it to be. The Cernuschi, on the east side of Parc Monceau, is a City of Paris museum and its permanent collection is free. It is part of the half-day I sketch on the around the museum page.