Accessibility
Priority access
By Rue Beaubourg, on the corner of Rue Saint-Merri and Rue du Renard
This access avoids Place Georges Pompidou which is not suitable, and takes you directly to the Mezzanine level (level 1).
Upon presentation of supporting documents*
Metro:
Rambuteau 
(line 11)
Hôtel de Ville 
(lines 1 and 11)
Châtelet 
(lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14)
RER:
Châtelet Les Halles 
(lines A, B, and D)
Bus:
(lines 29, 38, 47 and 75)
By car:
Centre Pompidou car park: access at 31 Rue Beaubourg
Parking spots are reserved for handicapped visitors on levels –2 and –3.
Exit via the lifts to Rue Saint-Martin, above Place Georges Pompidou.
Info transport:
For all information concerning accessibility in public transport, you can go to Île-de-France Mobilités
Dedicated services
For people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), neurodevelopmental disorders or learning disabilities:
the “Centre Pompidou Accessibility” app can be downloaded free of charge for iOS and Android on phones and tablets.
It allows users to prepare their visit and access adapted content once on site.
Only in French
More information
Seat sticks are also available to all visitors on levels 4 and 5 of the Museum, subject to availability.
Our podcasts are accompanied by a transcription that can be downloaded free of charge below the player.
To be consulted at your convenience:
- to visit our temporary exhibitions
- to discover the Museum: its architecture, its urban environment, its collection of modern and contemporary art
- to approach the Centre Pompidou's collection differently, through thematic series
left: normal vision/right: color blind vision
Conversion to color blind view courtesy of EnChroma, Inc.
Color accessibility program
Are you color blind or know someone who is? Come and (re)discover the colours of our artworks by trying the EnChroma glasses.
Borrow a pair of glasses, free of charge, from the cloakroom, and benefit from a better perception of colours, details and depth throughout your visit of the Centre Pompidou.
Offers for individual visitors
Access to the collection and exhibitions is free for visitors with disabilities and their companions.
Adapted guided tours are also free for the visitor and his/her companion.
Tailor-made tours are staged in the various areas every month (except the summer holidays) for visitors to see the museum collection, temporary exhibitions or discover the building, accompanied by a lecturer trained in the appropriate oral mediation.
"See and hear" visits (audio description)
for blind or partially-sighted visitors
Through comments and detailed descriptions, the lecture enables visitors to get a picture of works in the museum or exhibitions, shedding light on their creators’ approach.
One Saturday per month at 10 am, or one Monday per month at 6 pm, depending on the month
Tours in french sign language and international signs
for deaf visitors
The lecturer, deaf himself, talks in sign language, providing a visual/gestural discovery of the history of art, its movements, and its artists through the museum’s permanent collections and temporary exhibitions.
Several slots per month
Lip-reading tours
for the hard of hearing
rained in techniques for communicating with the hard of hearing, the lecturer takes these visitors on a discovery of an exhibition or the collections. Hearing aids equipped with induction loop collars or earphones are available.
One Saturday each month at 11 a.m.
Prices:
Upon presentation of supporting documents*:
- Unaccompanied tour: Free for visitors and their assistants (direct access without going to the ticket office)
- Tailor-made tour: Free for visitors and their assistants
- Films and shows: reduced rates
You are a professional or volunteer working in the social sector?
You are entitled to preferential rates.
- If you are already identified as an accessibility mediator with the Centre Pompidou, you can benefit from preferential rates for group visits and for the Pop' Solo 1-year membership card (€27 instead of €49), providing unlimited access to the Museum and the exhibitions and allowing you to participate in collaborative projects and member events (membership at the mediator rate is available only from the on-site Membership space or by telephone at 01 44 78 14 63, Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 6 pm).
- If you are not yet identified as an accessibility mediator and you wish to organise a group visit for disabled people, please contact us by email.
Guided tours in the collection or exhibitions
The Centre Pompidou organises visits especially adapted to groups with disabilities, coordinated by specialised lecturers.
Prices:
- Unaccompanied tours: Free
- Tours with a specialised lecturer: Free
Reservations:
At least one month ago for tours with lecturer, and at least two weeks ago for unaccompanied tours.
Cycles of tours
Cycles of tours can be offered to people with learning disabilities or mental disorders (12 people maximum), consisting of two sessions: a tour and a practical workshop.
Prices:
Tour/workshop cycle: Free
Reservations:
At least one month ago
By email or by phone: +33 (0)1 44 78 40 92
Tours with Alzheimer's disease
The Centre Pompidou offers cycles of tours suitable for audiences with Alzheimer's disease.
These tours are a special time for exchanging views, socialising and (re)discovering the collection in mediation conditions that encourage each person to express themselves. Lecturers are trained to respond to the needs and specific character of these audiences. Tours are led by the same lecturer throughout the cycle. Each tour at the Museum focuses on a corpus of 4 to 5 works chosen by the lecturer from the modern or contemporary collection.
To guarantee the smooth running of these tours, the number of participants is limited to 12 maximum per group (including cameras).
Prices:
Tour: Free
Informations and reservations:
Adapted tours for school groups
Visits and workshops are on offer for classes with pupils who are visually-impaired (audio-descriptive tour), hearing-impaired (lip-reading tour), deaf (tours in French Sign Language), or with mental or cognitive disabilities. These activities are led by specially-trained presenters, with adapted mediation.
Prices:
Free
Informations and reservations:
Accessibility contact: accessibilite@contact-centrepompidou.fr
Contact for deaf visitors: SMS +33 (0)6 17 48 45 50
Cinema and live shows
As a private individual:
You are entitled to reduced rates for films and shows.
As an accessibility facilitator for the Centre Pompidou:
You are entitled to preferential rates for all shows: €5 per participant, for 10 tickets or more bought in a single order for the same show.
Info and reservations:
by mail or by phone on +33 (0)1 44 78 14 08, from 9 am to 6 pm, Mondays to Saturdays (except public holidays)
Payment in advance by bank card, bank transfer or cheque.
Have a look at Cinema/Video and Live shows programme
