Guided tours and knowledge
In the museum
Bruce Nauman, « Dream Passage with Four Corridors », 1984 © Centre Pompidou / photo : Ph. Migeat / Dist. Rmn-Gp
First Sundays:
On the first Sunday of each month, a lecturer invites you to discover the collections of the Centre Pompidou.
The first Sunday of every month, 4 p.m.
Museum icons:
A lecturer guides you through the collections and help you unlock the codes of the most emblematic works in the history of 20th and 21st century art.
Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Guided tour cycle “Face to Face with the Works”:
Composed of three sessions, the Face to Face with the Works cycle offers a thematic and in-depth interpretation of the collection in the company of the Centre Pompidou’s lecturers. These conference-visits take place in the evening and explore modern and contemporary creation via the works.
In the exhibitions
Get the most out of the exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou with a guided tour.
«Bacon: Books and painting»
- September 14-29, 2019: every Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
- October 5-13, 2019: every Saturday at 3 p.m. / every Sunday at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
- November 9 - December 15, 2019: every Saturday at 3 p.m. / every Sunday at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
- October 19 - November 3, 2019: every Saturday 12 a.m. and 3 p.m. / every Sunday at 12 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
- December 21, 2019 - January 19, 2020: every Saturday at 12 a.m. and 3 p.m. / every Sunday at 12 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
- October 5, 2019 - January 19, 2020: every Saturday at 5 p.m.
«Boltanski. Faire son temps»
- November 16 - December 1st, 2019: every Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
- December 7, 2019 - February 23, 2020: every Saturday at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. / every Sunday at 3 p.m.
- February 29 - March 15, 2020: every Saturday at 12 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. / every Sunday at 12 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- December 8, 2019 - March 15, 2020: every Sunday at 5 p.m.
Adapted tours
Programmes adapted to visitors with various disabilities. Special tours of the Centre Pompidou collections, exhibitions and museum building are organised on a monthly basis (except during the summer period) in the company of a lecturer trained in the appropriate oral mediation.
Visitors with visual impairments: See and Hear tour
Through comments and detailed descriptions, the lecturer enables visitors to get a picture of the works, shedding light on the artist’s approach.
Visitors with hearing impairments: Lip-reading tour
Trained in the techniques of communication 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.
Deaf visitors: Guided tour in French Sign Language
The lecturer, deaf himself, talks in (French) sign language, providing a visual/gestural discovery of art history, movements and artists.