Hôtel de la Marine & the Paris Museum Pass 2026

Last updated: February 2026 · Prices and details verified

Is the Hôtel de la Marine included in the Paris Museum Pass?

Yes — the Paris Museum Pass covers entry to the Hôtel de la Marine, saving you €17 per person. Online booking is strongly recommended as visitor numbers are controlled — walk-in is possible depending on availability.

Is Hôtel de la Marine Included in the Paris Museum Pass?

The pass covers the Intendants’ Apartments tour circuit — the restored 18th-century apartments, the Al Thani Collection gallery, and the Loggia overlooking Place de la Concorde.

No reservation required. Online booking is strongly recommended — the monument limits visitor numbers and tickets can sell out, especially for the popular Friday evening sessions. Book at hotel-de-la-marine.paris. Walk-in is possible depending on availability. Avoid Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings which are reserved for groups.

Note: Friday evenings: open until 9:30pm with a special programme of ‘Nocturnes Insolites’ concerts and events — check hotel-de-la-marine.paris for the current schedule. The Al Thani Collection, housed in a separate contemporary gallery wing, displays extraordinary objects from one of the world’s great private collections: works from antiquity to the present day. Accessible as part of the pass visit.

What to See — Collection Highlights

The Hôtel de la Marine was built between 1757 and 1774 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis XV as the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne — the department responsible for furnishing all royal palaces. After the Revolution it became the Ministry of the Navy for two centuries. Its 2021 opening to the public revealed apartments restored to their late 18th-century appearance.

Highlight 1
The Intendants’ Apartments — 18th-century living quarters restored to their exact appearance at the end of the Ancien Régime, with original painted ceilings, period tapestries, and furniture from the royal collection

Highlight 2
The Loggia — the great colonnaded gallery overlooking Place de la Concorde, from which the theft of the Crown Jewels (1792), the execution of Louis XVI, and the erection of the Egyptian obelisk were all witnessed

Highlight 3
The Al Thani Collection — extraordinary objects from antiquity to the present including the Arundel Zodiac, Mughal jewellery, and rare European objets d’art, displayed in a purpose-built contemporary gallery

Suggested Itinerary — 1.5 Hours

The visit follows a set circuit through the Intendants’ Apartments, then through the Al Thani Collection gallery, finishing at the Loggia with its views over Place de la Concorde.

10:30am

The Intendants’ Apartments

The restored apartments show the working and living quarters of the Intendants who managed the royal furniture — intimate in scale but extraordinarily rich in decoration. Original painted ceilings, tapestries, and period furniture throughout. Allow 45 minutes.

11:15am

The Al Thani Collection gallery

The contemporary gallery displays remarkable objects from the Al Thani private collection — Mughal jewellery, Renaissance bronzes, ancient armour, and rare European works. The contrast with the 18th-century apartments is deliberately striking. Allow 20 minutes.

11:35am

The Loggia — views over Place de la Concorde

The great colonnaded loggia opens directly over Place de la Concorde — the Egyptian obelisk, the fountains, the Champs-Élysées, and the Seine visible simultaneously. This is one of the finest elevated views in central Paris. Allow 15 minutes.

Practical Tips

Tip 1

Book online in advance — the monument limits visitor numbers and Friday evening sessions sell out fastest. Avoid Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings which are reserved for groups and effectively closed to individual visitors.

Tip 2

Friday evenings (open until 9:30pm) include special Nocturnes events — concerts and cultural programming in the gilded apartments. Check hotel-de-la-marine.paris for the current schedule. The evening light over Place de la Concorde from the Loggia is exceptional.

Tip 3

The Musée de l’Orangerie is 5 minutes walk through the Tuileries Garden — a natural pairing. Both are 18th-century buildings on the same axis; together they offer a very different Paris from the Left Bank museum cluster.

Getting There

Hôtel de la Marine — Fast Facts

Address	2 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris
Nearest Metro	Concorde (Metro 1, 8, 12) — 2 min walk (Metro 1, 8, 12)
Bus lines	42, 45, 52, 72, 73, 84
Opening hours	Daily 10:30am–7pm · Fridays until 9:30pm · Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings reserved for groups · Closed 1 January, 1 May, 25 December
Closed	Open daily — closed 1 January, 1 May, 25 December. Tue afternoons and Thu mornings reserved for groups.
Individual ticket	€17 (2026)
With Museum Pass	Free — included
Timed slot required	Recommended — book online
Book at	hotel-de-la-marine.paris/en/visit/practical-information
Walking note	5 min walk to Musée de l’Orangerie through Tuileries; 12 min walk to Louvre

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Frequently Asked Questions

The pass covers the Intendants’ Apartments circuit — the fully restored 18th-century apartments with original period decoration — plus the Al Thani Collection gallery and the Loggia overlooking Place de la Concorde. The standard individual ticket is €17, which the pass replaces entirely.

Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings are reserved exclusively for group visits — effectively closed to individual visitors. Also avoid the busiest peak times of 10:30–11:30am and 2:30–4:00pm if you prefer a quieter visit. Friday evenings and weekday mornings are the most pleasant times.

The Al Thani Collection is one of the world’s great private art collections, assembled by a member of Qatar’s ruling family. At the Hôtel de la Marine, a selection of extraordinary objects is on display: Mughal jewels and armour, ancient Greek and Roman pieces, Renaissance bronzes, and rare European objets d’art including the celebrated Arundel Zodiac. The collection is accessible as part of the standard Museum Pass visit.

The Loggia is the great colonnaded gallery running along the first floor of the Hôtel de la Marine, directly above Place de la Concorde. Its twelve Corinthian columns frame a view of extraordinary historical density — the Egyptian obelisk, the Champs-Élysées, the Tuileries Garden, and the Seine simultaneously. The Crown Jewels were stolen from the building through these windows in 1792; Louis XVI was executed in the square below in 1793.

The building dates from 1774, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis XV. It served as the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne (royal furniture warehouse) and then as the Ministry of the Navy for over two centuries. It was transferred to the Centre des Monuments Nationaux in 2015 and restored to its late 18th-century appearance, opening to the public in spring 2021. So the museum is new but the building is 250 years old.

They are complementary rather than similar. Versailles shows royal grandeur at its most expansive — hundreds of rooms, thousands of acres. The Hôtel de la Marine is intimate — a handful of extraordinarily well-preserved apartments from the same era but on a human scale. Versailles takes a full day; the Hôtel de la Marine takes 1.5 hours. Both are pass-covered. If you have already been to Versailles, the Marine shows a different facet of 18th-century French taste.