Originally Posted by
Mountain Trader
You may be thinking of the membership in US/ICOMOS organization. They have an international membership that runs for a calendar year and costs around $175 which gets you in free and without wait to almost every museum and similar institution in France, as well as many around the world such as the Museum of Modern Art in NYC (a $20 ticket).
Savings with the ICOMOS pass are nice, but the not waiting in line is the big edge for me. It completely changes the way I approach museums and exhibitions. For example, reviews of the Picasso exhibit at the Grand Palais have noted how long it takes to go through the exhibition, so I plan to see it in two or maybe three visits, which with little wait and no cost is doable.
Here's a link to the US/ICOMOS site:
http://www.icomos.org/usicomos/Membe...Membership.htm
The ICOMOS pass seems like a great deal not only for Paris, but in general--especially since I'm under 30. According to the
US/ICOMOS website, membership comes with free admission to the following:
All museums and sites run by the French Government
(Musées Nationaux du Ministère de la Culture), inlcuding
Musee D'Orsay, Musee du Louvre, Chateau de Blois, Palais de Versailles, and Palais de Fontainebleau
My question is, do you recall if there are any other museums or monuments (i.e. Sainte-Chapelle or Arc de Triomphe) that are also included? If so, this could be an excellent alternative to the Paris Museum Pass for under-30s. When I googled the term "Musées Nationaux du Ministère de la Culture," I quickly found
this list, which includes everything quoted above but doesn't appear to include other museums/monuments found on the Paris Museum Pass. The US/ICOMOS website specifically mentions that their list is non-exhaustive, however--hence my question.
