Eurostar Culture Connect
What is it?
Culture Connect is a unique partnership between Eurostar and specially selected museums and galleries in London, Paris and Brussels.
How does it work?
When you travel with Eurostar, simply show your ticket at any of the museums and galleries listed below and get 2 for 1 entry to all paying exhibtions or permanent collections. Terms and conditions apply.
What else do I need to know?
The offer applies to inbound travellers only, so if you’re travelling from London to Paris or Brussels you can get 2 for 1 entry to paying exhibitions or permanent collections at any of the French or Belgian museums and galleries listed below. You may be asked for proof of nationality at the museum or gallery ticket desk.
The offer is available for up to five days after your arrival in your destination, and only one person need have a Eurostar ticket to qualify for 2 for 1 entry.
Which museums and galleries are involved?
In Paris
les Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Le musée du quai Branly, la Cité de la musique, le Jeu de Paume, and le Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris.
In Brussels
Bozar, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (including the Museum of Ancient Art and the Museum of Modern Art) and the Musical Instrument Museum.
Paris Galleries and Museums
Monographs of artists, retrospectives, new creative projects and the latest scientific research, open to 20th-century art movements, all visual arts and all civilizations: the Galeries nationales present a thorough, wide and generous vision of art history. Since they were founded in the heart of Paris by the Champs-Elysées, in the historical place of the Grand Palais building, the Galeries nationales hosted nearly 250 major exhibitions, in collaboration with the biggest museums in France and abroad.
What’s more, to avoid the queues such a varied programme inevitably invites, you can book your tickets in advance online. Purchase one ticket to the exhibition of your choice, present it along with your Eurostar ticket at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais and enjoy ‘2 for 1’ entry and the chance to jump the queues.
Open: daily 10:00–20:00, open until 22:00 on Wednesdays and on other days depending on particular exhibitions
Closed: Tuesdays and 1 May and 25 December
Métro: Champs Élysées-Clemenceau, Franklin-Roosevelt
Buses: 28, 32, 42, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93
Address: 3, avenue du Général-Eisenhower - 75008 Paris.
Tel +33 (0)1 44 13 17 17
Opened in June 2006, the musée du quai Branly works to bring arts from the civilisations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas the recognition they deserve. Wandering the banks of the Seine, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower you’ll spot this impressive Jean Nouvel-designed modern building boasting a living green wall made up of hundreds of plants. Inside meanwhile you’ll find a permanent collection of some 3,500 works, as well as 5,000m² dedicated to temporary exhibitions.
Open: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays, 11:00-19:00 Thursday-Saturday, 11:00-21:00
Closed: Mondays
Métro: Alma-Marceau, Iéna; RER C Pont-de-l’Alma
Buses: 42, 63, 72, 80, 92
Address: 37, quai Branly - 75007 Paris.
Tel +33 (0)1 56 61 70 00
Housing a museum, temporary exhibitions and a large music hall for classic, jazz or rock concerts, Cité de la musique offers the possibility to discover the heritage of music from all over the world, from the 12th-century to today.
The museum, reopened in March 2009 after two years of renovations, has expanded its collection to include new musical styles, with objects from around the world including instruments, drawings, models and interactive supports.
Cité de la musique also offers a very popular exhibitions programme. Previous event subjects include Jimmy Hendrix, The Pink Floyd, Brasilian Popular Music, John Lennon, Richard Wagner, Serge Gainsbourg, Miles Davis and Chopin.
Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 to 18:00 Sundays, 10:00-18:00
Closed: Mondays
Métro: Porte-de-Pantin
Buses: PC 2, PC 3, 75, 151
Address: 221, avenue Jean-Jaurès - 75019 Paris.
Tel +33 (0) 1 44 84 44 84
Named after the early form of tennis which used to be played within its walls, Jeu de Paume is a leading center for photography and contemporary image. Inside a light, airy building, its exhibitions and activities embrace all periods of image capture, from the 19th to the 21st century, and all kinds of practices, including photography, cinema, video and installations.
Edward Steichen, Richard Avedon, Cindy Sherman, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Moulène, Robert Frank, Jordi Colomer, Francesco Vezzoli, Shinji Aoyama, Agathe Snow, Lisette Model are among the artists whose work has been shown.
Open: Tuesday, 12:00-21:00; Wednesday-Friday, 12:00-19:00; Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00-19:00
Closed: Mondays and 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
Métro: Concorde
Buses: 24, 42, 52, 72, 73, 84, 94
Address: 1, place de la Concorde - 75008 Paris.
Tel +33 (0)1 47 03 12 50
Located between the Champs-Elysées and the Eiffel Tower, the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris is internationally renowned for its single artist and thematic exhibitions. Over the years the museum has built up a collection of almost 9000 works representing the major artistic movements of the 20th century, including Delaunay’s L’Equipe de Cardiff, Léger’s Disques and Matisse’s La Danse.
Open: daily 10:00-18:00, Thursdays open until 22:00 for exhibitions only
Closed: Mondays and some public holidays
Métro: Alma-Marceau, Iéna
Buses: 32, 42, 63, 72, 80, 92
Address: 11, avenue du Président- Wilson - 75016 Paris.
Tel +33 (0)1 53 67 40 00
For all the latest events and exhibitions in Paris visit:
www.new-paris-idf.com/
Brussels Galleries
Housed in an Old England department store next to the city’s Place Royale, the Musical Instrument Museum displays over 1121 instruments from around the world and throughout the ages. Don a pair of infrared headphones as you enter and hear recorded samples of each instrument you pass, from a 16th Century court of Brussels viola de gamba, to a 20th Century Russian electromagnetic theremin. The '2 for 1' offer also applies to all priced tickets including concessions.
Open: Tuesday-Friday, 09:30-16:45. Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00-16:45
Closed: Mondays and 1 January, 1 May, 1 and 11 November and 25 December
Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc
Trams: 92 and 94, Royal Stop
Buses: 27, 38, 71, 95, Royal Stop
Car Paid underground parking available at Congrés-Albertine
Address: Montagne de la Cour 2, 1000 Brussels.
Tel +32 (0)2 545 01 30
The Bozar Centre for Fine Arts sits at the heart of Brussels culture, hosting some 250 concerts a year, as well as prestigious international film, theatre, dance, literature, architecture and art events. With your Eurostar ticket you can enjoy ‘2 for 1 entry’ to all exhibitions*, while also admiring the building itself; designed by Belgian architect Victor Horta and located between the Place Royale and the Gare Centrale, it is a fine example of the geometric language of art deco.
*There may be some exhibitions with limited entry and time slots so please consult their exhibition guide.
Open: Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00-18:00 Thursdays, 10:00-21:00
Closed: Mondays and 1 January, 1 May, 1 and 11 November and 25 December
Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc
Trams: 92 and 94, Royal Stop
Buses: 27, 38, 71, 95, Royal Stop
Car Paid underground parking available at Congrés-Albertine
Address: Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels.
Tel +32 (0)2 507 82 00
Two of Brussels’s most famous museums can be found together at the main branch of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts. In the Museum of Ancient Art you’ll find a vast collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 15th to the 18th century, including works by such masters as Bosch, Rubens and van Dyck. The Museum of Modern Art meanwhile picks up from the 19th century and brings us up to the present day, giving a logical continuation of artistic evolution.
Open: Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00-17:00
Closed: Mondays and 1 January, 1 May, 1 and 11 November and 25 December
Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc
Trams: 92 and 94, Royal Stop
Buses: 27, 38, 71, 95, Royal Stop
Car Paid underground parking available at Congrés-Albertine
Address: Rue de Regence 3, 1000 Bruxelles.
Tel +32 2 508 32 11
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In Paris this month
William Kentridge : Five themes
Featuring works in a range of media – including animated films, drawings, prints, theatre models, sculptures, and books – this exhibition at Jeu de Paume brings viewers up to date on a remarkably versatile South African artist whose work combines the political with the poetic.
In Brussels this month
The Bozar Centre for Fine Arts sits at the heart of Brussels culture, hosting some 250 concerts a year, as well as prestigious international exhibitions and art events such as, GEO-graphics, the keynote exhibition of the Festival ‘Visionary Africa’.
Get the guide
Print out and keep your handbag (or manbag) sized guide to the best monthly exhibitions our cities have to offer.
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