Social sector players
The Palais Galliera offers activities designed to appeal to persons who have little or no access to cultural experiences, who visit with their professional or volunteer social-sector coordinators. Whether it's for a tour or for creating activities related to your projects, our Public Service Department is on hand to work with our different groups of audiences: families, teenagers, children accompanied by teachers or leaders, adults from organizations working to tackle exclusion, to promote social inclusion, integration, learning French, education, etc.
Activities on offer
1h30 - Group of 15 participants - aged 15 and over
Participants are led by a cultural mediator and discover some of the iconic items of the tour of one of the two exhibitions on show in an interactive, tailored way.
1h30 - Group of 15 participants - aged 15 and over
The group discovers the various sections of one of the two exhibitions accompanied by a visual artist. The guide invites participants to touch and feel some samples of fabrics used for the model displayed (or similar).
1h - 15 participants maximum - adults
The self-guided tour is free for groups from the social sector. Booking is required for groups of 5 or more, including the person accompanying them. To book, please fill in the booking form that can be downloaded below from the Booking Conditions section and send it to our Public Service Department.
Fashion on the Move #3 exhibition
The Runway Gazette - creating a fashion magazine (available from February to April 2025)
In the Spotlight Gazette (available from May to October 2025)
2h30 - Group of 8 participants - adults and families, aged 6 and over
Create your own fashion magazine!
Hand-in-hand with a visual artist, young and old alike discover the exhibition devoted to a history of fashion from the 18th century to the present day through silhouettes, dressed up elegantly or in a sporty style, focusing on the themes of swimming, equestrianism, cycling as well as the world of automobiles.
Using photos and illustrations of the fashion showcased during their tour, families are invited to create their own fashion magazine during a workshop.
Summer at the Museum programme
Every summer, the Palais Galliera takes part in the Summer at the Museum programme, designed for social, health, legal and community education sector organizations, and offers a wide range of cultural activities: tailored guided tours, fabric-feel guided tours as well as fashion design initiation workshops.
-> View the 2024 programme: Summer at the Museum programme 2024 (calameo.com)
-> More information: Social, health, legal & community education sector groups | Paris Musées
Co-created projects
If you would like to create a project for groups learning the French language hand-in-hand with a medical-social or social & professional inclusion & integration organization (including young people aged 18-25), please contact the social sector coordinator (evren.adanir@paris.fr).
A professional, artistic and cultural tour can be created.
In most cases, two-part activities are offered, such as a guided tour of the current exhibition followed by a visual art workshop (example: customizing a textile item) for small groups of teenagers and/or adults (8 participants maximum).
These workshops can be tailored to suit the theme of your project.
Solidarity Week
This programme, one of the high points of the cultural season, is designed for community professionals and volunteers working in social, health, legal and community education sector organizations and for their respective audiences.
Events, organized throughout the week in the various museums participating, include discussions between professionals and community organizations, project presentation and sharing best practices, discovering collection and get-together artistic interludes with the different audiences.
Save the date for this year's Solidarity Week at the beginning of June 2025.
Awareness tours for community players
Awareness tours, organized by Paris Musées' head office for professional and volunteer social & community players, are available for each exhibition.
Social & community players are invited to come back to the museum with their user-audiences, on their own, and accompany them as they discover the exhibition or by booking a tailored guided tour.
The next tour will take place on Wednesday 12 March, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm.
-> Registration: galliera.reservations@paris.fr
Arrive 5 minutes before your tour at museum reception at 10, Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie - 75116 Paris.
Terms of booking
Social and community sector groups are entitled to free admission and to reduced rates for activities:
-> Tours: €15 (15 participants maximum)
-> Workshops: €25 (8 participants maximum)
For organizations with an agreement with Paris Musées, activities are free of charge.
To apply for an agreement, please contact: champsocial.parismusees@paris.fr
Payment is to be made on-site on the day of the tour or, in the case of a State administration/local authority voucher, by deferred payment reserved for public institutions and organizations. The voucher must be sent to galliera.reservations@paris.fr at least 48 hours before the tour. Booking cancellations must be made by mail, at least 48 hours before the tour. If cancellation is made less than 48h before the tour or activity, payment is due.
From Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm and Fridays until 9pm (book-gift shop closes at 5:55pm or 8:55pm on late opening days)
The museum is closed on Mondays as well as on 1st May and 25 December.
Early closure may apply on certain public holidays.
Booking
Booking is required for group tours of 5 or more, including the group leader, with a maximum of 15 persons per group (including the leader); tours-workshops are limited to 8 participants maximum. To speed up processing times, group booking requests must be made at least 10 days prior to your visit. Tours are limited to 15 participants maximum.
Please fill in the booking form downloadable below and send it to galliera.reservations@paris.fr mentioning "Social and community sector booking" in the mail subject.
Once your booking has been made, you will receive a confirmation email (sender: Paris Musées) that you must print and present at the museum on the day of your tour (arrive 15 minutes before your tour in front of the museum).
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