Musée Nissim de Camondo tickets: the situation in 2026
I write this page for the reader who has typed “Nissim de Camondo tickets” and found a dozen pages ready to sell them a visit that cannot happen. Most of the web has not caught up with the closure, and I still meet people on rue de Monceau holding their phones up to a locked gate. So, plainly: the house is shut, the works are long, and the honest thing to do with this page is to tell you what the ticket used to be, what it will be again, and what to do with your afternoon in the meantime.
Why there is nothing to buy
The museum announced it would close from 5 August 2024; 4 August was the last day visitors walked through. The restoration covers the interiors, the roofs and the façades of a classified Historic Monument. A first phase of safety and electrical work finished in June 2026; roof works are scheduled to start in May 2027; the interior décor follows in 2028. The first official line was “reopening early 2027”. In summer 2026 the institution moved that to the end of 2029, and the Paris Museum Pass rounds it to 2030. Part of the cost is being raised through a patronage appeal. The full timeline, and my reading of it, is on the closure page.
What the ticket used to cover
Until August 2024 a Camondo ticket bought you the whole house on the day: the lower-ground kitchens and servants’ dining room, the upper-ground reception rooms including the Grand Salon and the Salon des Huet, the Library, the Dining Room and the Porcelain Room with the Sèvres “Buffon” service, and the private apartments on the first floor. The garden onto Parc Monceau was part of the visit. Hours were Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 17:30, with the desk closing at 16:45; the museum was closed Monday and Tuesday and on 25 December, 1 January and 1 May. At weekends the museum recommended booking a time slot online. Most people spent between an hour and a half and two hours inside; those who arrived ten minutes before opening had the rooms almost to themselves for a while. I expect that pattern to return when it reopens, and I will update the opening hours page the day the museum publishes a new timetable.
Who got in without paying
Both museums run by Les Arts Décoratifs admit the same groups free: anyone under 18, anyone aged 18 to 25 (so free under 26, with no residence condition stated), disabled visitors holding a mobility-inclusion card together with one companion, students of the École Camondo, the École du Patrimoine and the École du Louvre, and holders of ICOM, AICA and press cards. The list is on the free admission page, and it applies today at the rue de Rivoli museum if you fit one of the categories. Verify the conditions on madparis.fr before you travel; I am quoting the pre-closure rules and they may be revised for the reopening.
If you hold a Paris Museum Pass
The Camondo is a Museum Pass site in ordinary years, and older guidebooks list it that way. The pass will not open the door now, and the pass’s own site says so, giving 2030 as the date. If you bought the pass partly for the Camondo, the honest consolation is that the pass runs on consecutive calendar days and there are sixty-odd other sites to fill them with. I set out how to make those days count, and the free time-slot reservations that trip people up at the Louvre and the Orangerie, on the Museum Pass page.
What to book instead
I keep the list short, because a long one would be padding.
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
The Haussmannian Paris private walk is the one I would choose if the Camondo was the reason for your trip. It runs two hours from Métro Opéra to Parc Monceau by way of Saint-Augustin and the Musée Jacquemart-André, another collector’s house of the 1870s that is open, and because it is private you can ask the guide to end on rue de Monceau in front of the scaffolding. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs ticket is for the day you want to see furniture, porcelain and period décor under the same institution’s care; go in knowing it is a large museum with a lot of fashion and jewellery alongside the furniture. The Museum Pass is a Paris decision rather than a Camondo one. The two Marais walks on the all tours page are for readers who came to the Camondo through the family’s story rather than the objects.
What a Camondo ticket covered before the closure
- The whole house on three visitable levels, garden included
- The permanent collection as Moïse de Camondo left it in 1935
- Entry on the chosen day within Wednesday–Sunday hours
- Free entry for under-26s and the other listed categories
What it did not, and does not, cover
- A guided visit (group tours were booked separately)
- Anything at all between 5 August 2024 and the reopening
- Entry via the Museum Pass while the house is closed
- Access to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs; that is a separate ticket
If your trip is fixed and the Camondo was on it, walk to 63 rue de Monceau anyway. The street is quiet, the Ephrussi house is at number 81, and the park gate is a minute away. Then read what to see on a bench in Parc Monceau, so you know what you are coming back for. It is not the visit, but it is not nothing.
When tickets return
When the museum reopens, tickets will be sold by Les Arts Décoratifs through madparis.fr, and I would expect weekend time slots to be recommended again as they were before. I will update this page, the closure page and the how-long-to-visit page as soon as an on-sale date is published, and not before. Until then, treat any page that offers you a dated Camondo entry as out of date.
Check availability for the Monceau walk
Live dates for the private walk that ends beside the house. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Musée Nissim de Camondo open in 2026?
No. It closed on 4 August 2024 for restoration and is expected to reopen at the end of 2029; some listings round that to 2030. The works and the timeline are on the closure page.
Can I book a Camondo ticket now for a date after the reopening?
Not yet. No on-sale date has been published. When it is, tickets will come through the museum’s own site, madparis.fr, and I will update this page. Anything sold today as a Camondo entry is a mistake.
Who will get in free when it reopens?
Under the rules in force before the closure: under-18s, 18-to-25-year-olds, disabled visitors with a mobility-inclusion card plus one companion, students of the École Camondo, École du Patrimoine and École du Louvre, and ICOM, AICA and press card holders. The same list applies now at the sister museum. Details on the free admission page.
Does the Paris Museum Pass include the Camondo?
In normal years yes, but the pass’s own listing says the museum is closed until 2030, so it will not get you in now. The Museum Pass page covers what it does get you into.
What is the closest thing to visiting the Camondo today?
Standing in front of it, then seeing the same institution’s open museum. The Haussmann private walk ends at Parc Monceau beside the house; the Musée des Arts Décoratifs on rue de Rivoli shows French décor and furniture and is open throughout the works.
How long did a visit take before it closed?
Between an hour and a half and two hours for most people, over three levels. Arriving ten minutes before the 10:00 opening meant near-empty rooms for a while. I expect the same on reopening; see how long to visit.