Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
20 place des Terreaux
69001 Lyon
Hours
Museum
Open daily except Tuesdays and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Partial closing between 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
In case of modification, hours are posted at the museum entrance. Telephone reception from 9:00 a.m.: 33(0) 47 21 017 40.
Ticket offices close at 5:30 p.m.
Evacuation of museum rooms starting at 5:50 p.m.
Sunday, December 8, 9, 10, 24 and 31, the museum will close at 5:00 p.m. (end of ticket sales at 4:30 p.m. and evacuation of visitors starting at 4:50 p.m.).
Garden
The garden is open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m exept on Fridays : open from 10:30 a.m to 6:00 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays.
Enjoy your visit
Cloakroom
Cloakroom for clothing, small bags and strollers.
Bulky bags are not accepted in the museum.
Visitors with small children
To replace baby backpack carriers, flexible sling carriers and light strollers are available free for visitors.
Disabled visitors
The collection rooms and exhibitions are accessible for disabled visitors.
A wheelchair is available for disabled visitors at the entrance to the collections.
To ensure a comfortable visit, please let us know when you will be visiting by calling 33(0)4 72 10 17 40, from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and come to the entrance at 17, Place des Terreaux.
For the blind or visually impaired, as well as for the deaf or hearing impaired, special visits can be organized.
How to Use the Museum
Art works are fragile and one-of-a-kind. They have been around for centuries and must be preserved for future generations. Touching a painting, a decorative object, a sculpture or a piece of furniture, even if only very lightly, causes irreparable damage. Especially if the works are touched thousands of times. Help us to protect our shared heritage.
Do not:
- Touch the works
- Smoke, drink or eat in the rooms
- Use a flash
- Take pictures of the exhibitions
- Use a cell phone in the exhibition rooms
- Bring bulky objects or animals into the museum and garden
The museum is equipped with a video surveillance network.
Authorization conditions for photographs and reproduction of works (pdf, 15 Kb)
Display of works
Display of works may be modified, in particular during the installation of exhibitions and when certain pieces are on loan.
Long-Distance Travel
By car
Locate the museum on the map of the City of Lyon
From Paris
Via the A6-E15 highway: follow Lyon
Enter Lyon
Follow "Office du Tourisme / Vieux Lyon" sign
To the left: Quai Fulchiron for 1km
Continue on Quai Romain Rolland
To the right: Maréchal Juin Bridge
Continue on Rue Grenette
To the left: Rue Edouard Herriot
At the end of Rue Edouard Herriot, you will arrive at Place des Terreaux
From Marseille
Via the A7 highway: follow Lyon
Enter Lyon
Turn onto Quai du Docteur Gailleton by following the "Presqu'île" sign
At the Guillotière Bridge, turn left: Rue de la Barre
At Place Bellecour, turn right: Rue Edouard Herriot
At the end of Rue Edouard Herriot, you will arrive at Place des Terreaux
From Geneva
Via the A40 then A42-E611 highways
Croix-Luiset Bridge
Follow the "Paris / Roanne / Lyon Centre / Périphérique Ouest / Porte de la Pape" sign
Take exit 6a "Roanne / Lyon Centre / Porte de la Doua"
Take Boulevard Laurent Bonnevay
Enter Lyon
Continue on Quai Charles de Gaulle
Continue on Avenue de Grande-Bretagne
Continue on Quai de Serbie
Continue to Place du Maréchal Lyautey
On the right: turn onto Morand Bridge
On the left: turn onto Quai Jean Moulin
On the right: turn onto Rue Gentil
On the right: turn onto Rue Edouard Herriot
At the end of Rue Edouard Herriot, you will arrive at Place des Terreaux
By train
From the Lyon Perrache station
Take metro line A in the direction of Laurent Bonnevay
Get off at "Hôtel de Ville"
From the Lyon Part-Dieu station
Take metro line B in the direction of Charpennes all the way to Charpennes
At Charpennes, take metro line A in the direction of Perrache
Get off at "Hôtel de Ville - Louis Pradel"
Train schedules can be found on the SNCF site
By plane
Schedule of flights to the Lyon-St-Exupéry International Airport
