Ways To Visit

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  Children’s trail

  1h

  Children and adult visitors alike can set out on an independent exploration of Exposition Générale, encountering artworks that spark interest and amazement, with informative labels adapted for children, indicated by the _manu pictogram.

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  "Être Nature" Tour

  1h

  The Fondation Cartier’s collection reflects its commitment to the relationship between art and the living world. The trail below is a short version of the “Être Nature” section of the exhibition, proposing a stroll through works of different mediums and illustrating the collection’s diversity.

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  "Un monde réel" Tour

  1h

  This section of Exposition Générale showcases the relationship between science, fiction, and artistic creation. It brings together artists and researchers seeking to imagine new ways of perceiving and representing reality.

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  “Making Things” Tour

  1h

  Making things is another one of the exhibition’s thematic sections. It features artists seeking to redraw the boundaries between fine and applied arts, crafts and design, and decompartmentalize artistic mediums. Ancestral and vernacular techniques are reinterpreted to explore their contemporary significance.

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  “Architectural explorations” trail

  1h30

  Jean Nouvel designed the Fondation Cartier’s first Paris building, on Boulevard Raspail, and the collaboration has continued with the new building at 2 Place du Palais Royal. This trail sheds light on Nouvel’s architectural project, and introduces visitors to a selection of works from the Machines d’architecture section of Exposition Générale.

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