Museum
Justifying the title “house of the centuries, true home of kings” which Napoleon bestowed on it, the Château de Fontainebleau offers the memory of more than 700 years’ presence of French sovereigns, from the enthronement of Louis VII in 1137 up to the fall of the Second Empire in 1870. Francis I in particular, using Italian artists – Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio in particular – to decorate the château he had had built, introduced art from the French Renaissance. Then under the reign of Henry IV, new works were undertaken, which, by encouraging the emergence of the second school of Fontainebleau, ennobled French art.
Useful information
Musée du château de Fontainebleau
77300 Fontainebleau
Switchboard
Tel: +33(0)1 60 71 50 70
Fax: +33(0)1 60 71 50 71
Information, reservations, group tours, workshops and guided tours
Tel: +33(0)1 60 71 50 60
Cultural work
Tel: +33(0)1 (33) 01 60 71 50 75
Online
Visit the museum’s website: www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr
To download the museum’s audioguides
Access
By car: 70km, south-east of Paris
By train: Gare de Lyon - Fontainebleau-Avon, 2km
Opening times
The museum is open everyday except Tuesdays:
from 9.30am to 5pm from 1st October to 31st March;
from 9.30am to 6pm from 1st April to 30th September.
Closed: Tuesdays, 1st January, 1st May and 25th December.
Admission
Full rate: €8
Reduced rate: €6
Supplement for temporary exhibitions: €2
The audioguide is included in the admission fee or available for hire (€1) for visitors exempt from the admission fee.
Permanent collections free everyday for visitors aged under 26, and every first Sunday of the month for everyone.
Paris Vision shuttle coach (transport and tours of the Vaux-le-Vicomte and Fontainebleau châteaux)
SNCF leisure package: Château tour and transport
Advance purchase for individuals
FNAC advanced purchase
Digitick advanced purchase
Ticketnet advanced purchase
Services
Reception for disabled visitors
Group tours, audiophones
Guided tours in French, English, Italian and Spanish
Audioguide in French, English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Mandarin Chinese
Audioguide for the visually impaired
Audioguide for children aged seven to 12 years old
Society of friends of the museums
www.amisdefontainebleau.org
Bookstore-shop
Find out more about the bookstore-shop
