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French museums soon free for visitors under 25? Oui!
French national museums and monuments have just gotten one step closer to cool. Admission for visitors under 25 will soon be free, according to French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday. That's for the 18 national museums, including the Parisian favorites: the Louvre (usually 9 Euros) and Musée d'Orsay (9.50 Euros). The new policy comes just in time for summer backpacker travel--it starts April 4.
The country's trial period seems to have worked out--from January to June of last year, visitors of all ages got free admission to 14 of the country's museums.
Sarkozy's plan to promote French culture also includes building a new history museum, lifting a partial freeze on state funding for the performing arts, and forming a new arts council.
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Filed under: Arts and Culture, France, Budget Travel
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DocB Jan 14th 2009 7:49PM
I just returned from Paris having been there right after New Years and the Louve at least was free for everyone on the day we were there (Jan 4). Was a pleasant surprise.
Of course we had a nightmare leaving Paris too, with Air France nightmares on Jan5-6 due to an inch of snow a CDG
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-france-frequence-plus/906699-jan-5th-pandemonium-cdg-af-chaos.html
Joe Jan 15th 2009 5:59AM
The museums in Paris, I'm not sure about others in France are free to the public on the first Sunday of the month (in this case the 4th of january). In September there is Patrimoine, where all museums, collections, and exhibits are open to the public.