Pekka Halonen, a hymn to Finland
From age 7
📍 Petit Palais, Paris 8th arrondisement 🗓 until February 22 2026
When observing some of Pekka Halonen’s paintings, one cannot help but recognise, in his subtle colour palette, the influence of Paul Gauguin, with whom he trained for a time during two stays in Paris in the final decade of the 19th century…
The mysteries of money
From age 6 to 12
📍Citéco, Paris 17th arrondissement // 🗓 until 8 March 2026
Understanding what money is — even when you’re young.
To design its very first exhibition aimed at 6–12-year-olds and their families, the Citéco team simply asked children for their input. And they unanimously wanted to better understand money: where it comes from, how it works, and why some people have it while others do not…
The "Mysteries of Money" may not answer all of these questions, but it invites parents and children to explore the topic together through play.
Isao Takahata
From age 8
📍Maison de la culture du Japon, Paris 15th arrondissement // 🗓 until 24 january 2026
Within the world-famous Studio Ghibli, everyone is familiar with Hayao Miyazaki — but perhaps less so with its co-founder, Isao Takahata.
The empire of sleep
From age 6
📍Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paris 16th arrondissement // 🗓 until 1 March 2026
C’est It is the exhibition we dream of for a feature… on dreams: L’Empire du sommeil, at the Musée Marmottan Monet, takes us on a spellbinding exploration of the mysteries of Morpheus..
Cosmogrammes
From age 6
📍Institut des cultures d’Islam, Paris 18th arrondissement // 🗓 until February 15 2026
Cosmogrammes, the title of this exhibition, is a term that Sara Ouhaddou borrowed from ethnology to describe the mental map of her creations.
The unicorn, the star and the moon
From age 6
📍Musée de la chasse et de la nature, Paris 3rd arrondissement // 🗓 until 8 March 2026
With La Licorne, l’Étoile et la Lune, Florentine & Alexandre Lamarche-Ovize create a whole fairy-tale universe at the heart of the Musée de la Chasse: animals, forests, hybrid creatures, witch’s cauldrons — as if they had escaped from the artists’ studio and hidden from one room to the next.
Flops ?! Dare, fail, innovate
From age 7
📍Musée d'arts et métiers, Paris 3rd arrondissement // 🗓 until 17 May 2026
What the new exhibition at the Musée des Arts et Métiers shows us is that there are no inventions without failures: to innovate, one must experiment repeatedly, fail, and start over (“fail better,” as Beckett said)… before finally hoping to achieve a result.
Magellan, a journey that changed the world
From age 9
📍Musée national de la Marine, Paris 16th arrondissement // 🗓 until 1 March 2026
The Musée National de la Marine offers, through an immersive exhibition, the chance to relive the feat of the navigator Magellan and his crew.
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Dance
From age 4
📍Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris 19th arrondissement// 🗓 until 26 June 2026
An immersive exhibition that makes you want to jump, move, or dance the musette waltz with your neighbours…
Transparency
From ages 2 to 10
📍Palais des enfants, Paris 8th arrondissement // 🗓 until 29 August 2027
The Palais des Enfants offers, across 620 square metres, a curious mix of artworks and observation games. For its very first exhibition, it invites children aged 2 to 10 and their parents to explore together the inspiring theme of transparency.
In partnership with Paris Mômes, the cultural guide for families in Paris
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