European Night of Museums 2025

Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 6 p.m. to midnight

Free visit and free access to the Mineralogy Museum of Mines Paris – PSL Saturday, May 17, on the occasion of the European Night of Museums 2025, the Ecole des Mines de Paris (Mines Paris – PSL) offers free access to its Museum of Mineralogy. Reserve your time slot to access this free national event (reservations available between 6pm and 11pm, doors closed at 11:45pm).

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The Museum of Mineralogy In this great civil engineering school, Mines Paris – PSL also commonly known as the École des Mines de Paris, is the “Museum of Mineralogy,” on the second floor of the building of the Duchess Vendôme. For more than 200 years, preserved in the setting of the Hôtel de Vendôme, the mineralogical collections of the Ecole des Mines de Paris are among the most complete and spectacular in the world. They contain some 100,000 samples, 5,000 of which are displayed: minerals, rocks, precious stones (including gems from the Crown Jewels of France), and meteorites are exhibited in a 70-metre long gallery with priceless historical and heritage cachet.

Practical information:

Mines Paris – PSL

60 boulevard Saint-Michel

75006 Paris

01 40 51 91 39