2 FOR 1

Must-see musées

Your Eurostar ticket takes you so much further than your destination. Once you get there, you can stroll aside water-lillied lakes, drop in on Whistler’s mother, see how humanity evolved and explore all four corners of the ancient world.

That’s because your Eurostar ticket gets you 2 for 1 entry to permanent collections and paid-for exhibitions at the iconic museums and galleries in Paris, Brussels, Lille, Lyon and Marseille listed below. Just show your ticket at the box office – it’s as simple as that.

If you’d like to read up on the finer details, have a look at our terms & conditions

Housed in the former Gare d'Orsay railway station, this stunning museum on the banks of the Seine is a work of art in itself. The museum is famed for its collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces from the likes of Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh.

Métro: Solferino;

RER C Musée d'Orsay

Address: 62, rue de Lille – 75007 Paris

View of the Musee d'Orsay early in the morning from the other side of the river

A jewel in the heart of Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries, The Musée de l’Orangerie is home to Claude Monet’s iconic Water Lilies and masterpieces by Renoir, Cézanne, Modigliani, Matisse, Picasso and more.

Métro: Concorde

Address: Jardin de Tuileries 75001 Paris

Facade of the museum

Revel in retrospectives, groundbreaking creative projects and more. Since it opened, the Grand Palais - Galeries Nationales, have hosted nearly 250 major exhibitions, in collaboration with the biggest museums across the world.

Métro: Champs Élysées-Clemenceau

Address: 3, avenue du Général-Eisenhower - 75008 Paris

View of the Grand Palais in the sun

The Jeu de Paume is famed for embracing all types and periods of the visual arts. Here you'll find photography, cinema and video from the likes of Edward Steichen, Cindy Sherman, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Moulène and Diane Arbus.

Métro: Concorde

Address: 1, place de la Concorde - 75008 Paris

Outside the Jeu de Paume in Paris

Bringing art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas the recognition they deserve, this impressive Jean Nouvel designed museum boasts a living green wall housing a collection of some 3,500 works.

Métro: Alma-Marceau, Iéna;

RER C Pont-de-l'Alma

Address: 37, quai Branly - 75007 Paris

Museum with the Eiffel Tower in the background

The Bozar Centre for Fine Arts sits at the heart of Brussels culture. It hosts some 250 concerts a year, as well as international film, theatre, dance, literature, architecture and art events.

Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc

Address: Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels

Flags flying on the roof of the BOZAR building

This comprises three of Brussels' most famous museums.

Here at the main branch of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts you’ll find the Museum of Ancient Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Magritte museum.

Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc

Address: rue de la Régence 3, 1000 Bruxelles

Couple sitting on a bench inside the Fine Arts Museum, Brussels

Displaying the finest works of the surrealist artist.

Here you'll see oils on canvas, gouaches, drawings and sculptures, as well as vintage photographs and films produced by the great man himself.

Métro: Line 1 A, Gare Centrale, Parc

Address: Place Royale 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Two men standing looking at one of the paintings in the Magritte Museum

France's second most celebrated museum.

Le Palais des Beaux-Arts of Lille houses a vast collection of antiquities, medieval and Renaissance collections, selections of European painting and French sculpture, decorative objets d'art and much more.

Métro: Ligne 1, République - Beaux Arts

Address: Place de la République, 59000 Lille

Facade of the museum with fountain in front

Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent.

Built in 1932 and once called "the most beautiful swimming pool in France", this building is now part of the twentieth century's architectural heritage. Discover exceptional examples of arts applied to industry: paintings, sculptures, ceramics and fabrics from the nineteenth and twentieth century.

Métro: Ligne 2, Gare Jean Lebas

Address: 23 Rue de l'Espérance, 59100 Roubaix

La Piscine in Lille

Also known as Lille Métropole Musée d'art Moderne, d'Art Contemporain et d'Art Brut.

Through around 4,800 pieces and three collections, you'll find works from artists including Picasso, Modigliani, Miró and more.

Métro: Pont de Bois then bus 41, stop LaM

Address: 1, allée du Musée - 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq

External shot of Lam

Studio National des Arts Contemporains - Renovated by the French-American architect Bernard Tschumi .

Le Fresnoy exhibits contemporary art from the likes of Bill Viola, Michael Snow, Scanner, Charles Sandison and Claudio Parmiggiani, as well as films and more.

Métro: Ligne 2, Alsace

Address: 22 Rue du Fresnoy, 59200 Tourcoing

View of the main stairs at the entry to the Fresnoy Museum

Combining both the modern and classic. MUba has always been experimental, establishing a dialogue between contemporary art and the art of times past.

Métro: Ligne 2, Tourcoing centre

Address: Rue Paul Doumer, 59200 Tourcoing

View of the exterior of MUba by night

Journey through time and across continents.

Perched at the confluence of the Rhone and the Saône, this stunning museum follows the human story from our origins to the present day, illustrated by fascinating artefacts including everything from meteorites to microscopes.

Métro: T1, stop at Musée des Confluences

Address: 86 quai Perrache. 69002 Lyon

View of the museum from the outside

A museum for the Mediterranean.

Seemingly suspended between sky and water, Mucem is the only major museum dedicated to the Mediterranean region and its cultures, retracing, analysing and shedding light on the ancient foundations of this cradle of civilization.

Métro: Vieux-Port or Joliette

Address: 7 promenade Robert Laffont (esplanade du J4). 13002 Marseille

View of Mucem from above