Museum pass

Hi there, I am visiting to Paris in April and was hoping some one can offer me some information.

I have been reading through the forums and have read that it is best to buy the museums pass at a metro station when we get there, but i was wondering if there was anything specific that you need to get this pass? (eg. carte orange needs photo)

I was also wondering whether any one would be able to advise me what the cost to buy a 3 day pass from once we get there?

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You don%26#39;t need anything other than €uros or credit card. If you are in doubt as to what to ask for, someone here recommended a remarkably simple purchasing %26#39;..aid..%26#39;---go to the CARTE MUSÉE et MONUMENTS web site, print out the appropriate information page. When it comes time to make your purchase, you pass over the page with what you want circled, along with your cash or credit card. Simple as that.

CARTE MUSÉE et MONUMENT Pass Info--

www.parismuseumpass.fr/flash/hp_fr.html

parisvisite.com/en/Carte_Musees_presentation…

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I realise this may seem stupid, but i am new to this. Once you have the card do you need to show any kind of id with it when you use it, or do you just show it when you want to enter?

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When you get it, you will get a little fold out in english that explains the use of the card. You have to write your name and date of first use on it. Its good for 3 consecutive days from that date you write on the card. Dont have to show ID.

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i just returned from paris...and from using the 1 day pass...you can buy it for 1 day, 3, or 5 days...and I think it is 18, 36, or 54 euro. since we were new to everything we bought the 1 day pass...and it actually worked out quite well...we bought it at our first stop (st. chapelle)...and then used it to go up the towers of notre dame, the pantheon, musee d%26#39;orsay and pompidou, and managed to have coffee at the luxembourg gardens and see st. sulpice in there too! it was a great deal...since entry to each of these places ranges from 6-10 euro per person. it was a long day, but worth the savings! if we had to do it again we might buy the 3 day...b/c we ended up doing versailles, louvre, opera house the next day too!

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;Once you have the card do you need to show any kind of id with it when you use it, or do you just show it when you want to enter?%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

NO..no other ID is required. When you purchase the CARTE MUSÉE et MONUMENT pass is comes sealed in a little clear cellophane envelope. You are supposed to enter the DATE of the first day of use, to start it%26#39;s %26#39;..clock..%26#39; running. ***BE CAREFUL*** NOT to date the Carte until the actual first-day-of-use. If you purchase a 3 day pass on Monday, the 1st and date it for that dat BUT don%26#39;t begin using the pass until Tuesday, the 2nd, you will have wasted/lost one full day of it%26#39;s 3 day validity. On the other hand if you use the pass on Monday...but accidently forget to DATE it, you will gain a day%26#39;s use until it is DATED.

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I didn%26#39;t date mine and it was dated for me at our first stop...

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I was a little surprised that at every single place we used our 5-day pass, it was checked CLOSELY for the date. We bought ours at the Archaeological Crypt at Notre Dame, then went on and toured the crypt while we were there. The guy who sold them to us didn%26#39;t date them and neither did we. However, we did before our next stop, St. Chapelle.

Except for metal detectors at most sights, the security checks seemed kind of sloppy to me, not at all thorough. Just a quick hand into the handbag/daybag, and they were done!

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We just returned from Paris and found it most difficult to buy the Museum Pass. We tried at several different metro stops, but they all said they were information only, and did not sell anything. The same thing when we tried to buy the Carte Orange...they simply pointed us to the machines where we had to enter everything in five times (we are a family of mom and dad and four daughters, although one was free since she is 2), then return to the window to get the card for the photo and the little packet it goes in. All this time we were holding up locals who were buying their tickets from the machines, tying up one for about 10 minutes! I had read how easy it was to just buy all this from metro stops and was stymied by how difficult it became.

We finally ended up buying our museum card from the Musee D%26#39;Orsay and that was the easiet thing we could have done...separate entrance, virtually no line.

Does anyone have any idea why they did not sell the museum pass or the carte orange in the metro (we seriously tried about four different stops)?

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I don%26#39;t know what airline you are flying on, but at the Air France terminal in NYC (JFK) they sell the Museum Pass right at the airport.

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The Cartes Musees can also be bought at the tourism office on the Champs Elysees near the Arc de Triomphe and at most of the museums and sites included in the pass...

If you know you%26#39;re going to the %26#39;biggies%26#39; like the Louvre, Versailles, d%26#39;Orsay (!), then they%26#39;re worth every penny to not have to waste time standing in lines forever...

However, if you%26#39;re going to the smaller museums where there might not be long lines then you%26#39;ll want to be sure you do at least three or more per day to get your money%26#39;s worth from the pass..Some of the sites do not take that long to tour and you can do it if you%26#39;re game...

What you want to avoid is spending, for example, 18 euros for a 1 day pass and then only visiting the Cluny, which would cost you not even half that to enter.....