City of Architecture & Heritage

Become an expert of important architecture from the Middle Ages to present day

Visit the City of Architecture & Heritage was Museum of French Monuments with Go City®

• Visit one of the key players in defining and sharing the culture of architecture. 

This attraction requires a Paris Museum Pass

You'll receive a free Paris Museum Pass when you purchase an All-Inclusive Pass from Go City. This added extra gives you free entry to dozens of top museums and monuments. You'll need to make sure you download it ahead of your trip to the City of Architecture & Heritage.

About this experience

City of Architecture & Heritage reminds visitors that architecture is everyone’s business. Its collection – the Museum of French Monuments – is designed to make you an architectural and urban player of the future. 

The exhibits include cast models, drawings, photographs and videos presenting a story of cultural heritage, told from the Middle Ages to the modern-day.  It examines building techniques, why they were built and the people for whom they were constructed. 

Highlights: 

• Gallery of Casting: casts of monumental French architecture from the 12th to the 18th centuries including Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral before the restorations of Viollet-le-Duc, the basilica of Paray-le-Monial and the royal portal of Chartres Cathedral
• Gallery of Murals and Stained Glass: copies of murals and stained glasses from French Romanesque and Gothic churches - notably the Life of Christ in pictures, Albi: the Last Judgment and Tree of Jesse
• Modern and Contemporary Gallery: models of French and international architecture from 1850 to the present day with such diverse examples from the Crystal Palace to the L’Oreal factory, Aulnay-sous-Bois and Notre-Dame de la Consolation Church, Le Raincy

Getting in

Show proof of your reservation, as well as your Paris Museum Pass at the entrance.

Information about your Paris Museum Pass

Buy an All-Inclusive Pass with Go City, and you will also receive a free Paris Museum Pass to use at the same time! This added extra gives you free entry to dozens of top museums and monuments.

Once you've purchased your All-Inclusive Pass on the Go City website, we'll send you all the details you need to download your additional Paris Museum Pass. Be sure to do this ahead of your trip as you'll need it to enter the City of Architecture & Heritage.

For the full list of attractions on the digital Paris Museum Pass, please visit our information page. 

For more information please see the City of Architecture & Heritage website.