Admission to visit the collections on the first Sunday of each month

The permanent exhibition at the Bonnat-Helleu Museum presents a remarkable collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, art objects and archaeological artefacts. Spread over three floors, it houses works by some of Europe's greatest artists, including Rubens, Van Dyck, El Greco, Goya, Ingres, Delacroix, Géricault, Degas, Barye, Bonnat and Helleu. In graphic art galleries scattered throughout the exhibition, visitors can also discover some of the collection's exceptional drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin, Watteau and others. Openness and decompartmentalisation are the watchwords of the architectural project, and they also apply to the visitor experience, which invites visitors to explore the collection through the prism of emotion, surprise and encounter. Far from a single narrative or a fixed hierarchy, it offers an open exploration, where everyone can chart their own course and forge personal links between the pieces in a sensory and intuitive experience.