Evening admission to view the collections: Fridays after 6pm
Presentation
Ticket valid for visiting all permanent collections at a reduced rate from 6 p.m. onwards, does not include temporary exhibitions.
To know
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 connections between the pieces in a sensory and intuitive experience.