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HOME \ DISCOVER LILLE \ Museums |
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VISIT MORE, SPEND LESS ! Visit museums for free with CITY PASS !
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 The Fine Arts Museum (Palais des Beaux-Arts) |
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 Due to the size of its permanent collections, the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Lille is considered to be the second largest general-interest museum in France, just after the Louvre.
The building, completed between 1885 and 1892, is typical of the monumental architecture of the late 19th century.
Fully renovated in 1997, its 22,000 m² house prestigious collections of European painting (Rubens, Van Dyck, Goya, Delacroix…), a few key examples of 19th century French painting (David's Belisarius, Courbet's L’après-dînée à Ornans, Puvis de Chavannes' The Slumber, …), a large collection of drawings (including 40 sheets by Raphaël), a sculpture gallery (Carpeaux, Rodin, Claudel, Bartholdi…) and 17th and 18th century ceramics.
Also worthy of note is the presentation of relief maps of fifteen fortified towns in Northern France and Belgium (18th century models used by the French Kings during wars). |
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Place de la République
Metro line 1 – Stop : République Beaux-Arts
Tel : +33 (0)3 20 06 78 00
Open Monday from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Closed on Tuesday, the 1st week-end of September (Lille Flea market) and some bank holidays.
Entrance fee : 5€
Free the 1st Sunday of the month.
Free with City Pass
Visit the Lille Fine Arts Museum website !
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32 rue de la Monnaie
Bus 3, 6 or 9 – Stop : Lion d’Or
Tel : +33 (0)3 28 36 84 00
Open Monday from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, and Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 am to 12:30 am and from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Closed on Tuesday, the 1st week-end of September (Lille Flea Market) and some bank holidays.
Entrance fee : 3€
Free the 1st Sunday of the month.
Free with City Pass
Visit the Hospice Comtesse Museum website !
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Charles de Gaulle's Birthplace and Museum |
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Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille on November 22nd 1890, in the house of his maternal grandparents at 9 Rue Princesse. He was baptised on the same day in the nearby Saint-André church.Listed as a Historic Monument, the house was bought in 1967 by a group of friends of the General. Now a museum, it recreates the atmosphere of a typical late 19th century home of the Northern French industrial middle class. The exhibited family keepsakes and personal objects (cradle, christening robe, Saint-Cyr sword, etc.) are a reminder of De Gaulle’s younger days. A recently developed multimedia centre also looks back over the great statesman’s historic work.
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9 rue Princesse
Bus 3 or 6 – Stop : Magasin
Tel : +33 (0)3 28 38 12 05
Open Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:15 pm.
Closed on Monday, Tuesday, bank holidays and from the end of December to the beginning of January.
Full price : 5€
Reduced price : 3€
Free with City Pass
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19 rue de Bruxelles
Bus 13 or 14 – Stop : Jeanne d’Arc
Tel : +33 (0)3 28 55 30 80
Open from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 12:00 am and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Closed Tuesday and saturday, the 1st week end of September (Lille Flea Market) and some bank holidays. (Opening times may change according to temporary exhibitions).
Free access during the week (when no exhibition).
Sunday :
Full price : 2,50€ (3€ during temporary exhibitions)
Reduced price : 1,50€
Free access to permanent collections every 1st Sunday of the month.
Free with City Pass
Visit the Natural History Museum website !
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The Canonniers Museum |
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Installed in the former Urbanist convent, this museum presents a large number of documents, objects and equipment related to the Sainte Barbe Brotherhood and Lille's city defenses. 3000 objects are on display: rifles from 1777 to 1945, knives and two exceptional cannons, the famous Gribeauval cannons that Napoleon Bonaparte offered to the canonneers.
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44 rue des Canonniers (entrance on rue des Urbanistes)
Bus 3, 6 or 9 - Stop : Place aux Bleuets
Tel : +33 (0)3 20 55 58 90
Open Monday to Saturday from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Closed on Sunday, bank holidays and from December 15th to February 5th and the first three weeks of August.
Full price : 6€
Reduced price : 4€
Free with City Pass
Visit the Canonniers Museum website !
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Place Gilleson (modern crypt of Notre-Dame de la Treille Cathedral)
Bus 3, 6 or 9 – Stop : Lion d’Or
Tel : +33 (0)3 20 72 54 70
Open Wednesday from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, Thursday to Sunday from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Closed on bank holidays.
Full price : 2€
Reduced price : 1€
Visit the Contemporary Sacred Art Centre website !
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The Pasteur, Calmette and Guérin Museum |
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The former clinic adjacent to the Institut Pasteur, established in 1901 by Albert Calmette, now houses a museum devoted to the work of Louis Pasteur, Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin, displaying many items, engravings and photos, as well as text panels.
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24 boulevard Louis XIV
Metro line 2 - Stop : Lille Grand Palais
Tel : +33 (0)3 20 87 79 47
Open Wednesday from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM and from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday by appointment.
Price: 2€
Visit the Pasteur Institute Museum website !
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Regional Centre of Architecture and Urbanism |
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It is located in the heart of Euralille district, under the Le Corbusier viaduct, in a brand new building designed by the famous X'Tu agency.
The main purpose af the Centre is to spread and to promote architecture and urbanism, by organising events.
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The Regional Hospital Museum |
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Visit the former Gantois Hospice (founded in the 15th century, now a hotel) on Tuesdays, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
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