Are you part of a structure or association working in the field of disability?
Are you a healthcare worker in a facility that cares for people with disorders?
The museum has designed a range of tours adapted to groups with disabilities. A museum mediator can welcome you free of charge for a guided tour.
The collections and temporary exhibitions can also be visited independently.
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On this page you'll find all the information you need to choose and prepare your visit!
Practical information
- Opening hours: daily (except Tuesdays and 1st Sunday of the month) from 11.15 a.m.
Last tour departs at 5 p.m. - Admission: museum entrance and guided tour free for disabled and medical/social groups.
- Tour duration: 1h to 1h30
- Groups: maximum 12 people, including accompanying adults.
Information:
To arrange a visit or build a project, contact us:
reservation.museedarts@nantesmetropole.fr
02 51 17 45 35
How to reserve
By reservation only, at least 1 month before the date of your visit.
Guided tours
Adapted visits for people with mental health problems
Guided tours adapted for people with mental health problems are available all year round on request.
Duration : 1 hour for a maximum of 12 people, including accompanying adults.
The themes can be chosen from therange of tours for adult groups: permanent collections or temporary exhibitions.
Sensory tours
With tactile relief reproductions
Adapted in particular for blind and partially-sighted people, and those with cognitive, neurodevelopmental or psychological disorders.
Duration: 1h or 1h30 - 10 people maximum, including accompanying adults.
Discover a selection of paintings from the museum's collections, thanks to tactile relief boards. They can be complemented by sensory tools: sounds, smells, objects to handle.
2 themes to choose from :
Women in art
Theme unavailable until December 31, 2025
Ah, women! Whether maternal, pious, strong or fashion icons, they fascinate! Guided by a mediator, you'll be able to perceive and understand the evolution of the representation of women in art.
Tables and food
Theme unavailable from November 10 to December 20, 2025
From religious meal scenes to everyday reality, everything to do with the table never ceases to inspire artists. Guided by a mediator, come and immerse yourself in the different atmospheres represented.
Tours with sounds, smells, objects to handle
Suitable for people with neurodevelopmental or cognitive disorders.
Duration: 1 hour for a maximum of 10 people, including accompanying adults.
These guided tours offer a multi-sensory approach to discovering the collections: sounds, smells, textiles to touch...
4 themes to choose from :
Discover the museum
Theme currently unavailable
From ancient to contemporary art, discover the museum's collections through 4 emblematic works, using a variety of approaches and activities.
Sensitive, did you say sensitive?
In the museum's 18th-century collection, experience a wide range of emotions as you discover paintings of landscapes, fêtes galantes, genre scenes and portraits.
A drop of water in the sea
Sail the waters of the 19th century! By observing different ways of painting water, and with the help of smells and sounds, discover 4 paintings, from academicism to neo-impressionism.
The shapes of a city
Theme unavailable until December 6, 2025
From the 19th to the 21st century, artists have imagined cities of all shapes and sizes, each with its own ambience. Come and experience their characteristic smells and sounds, and observe their modernist and utopian architectural principles.
Audiodescription guided tours
Adapted for the blind and visually impaired in particular
Duration : 1h30 for a maximum of 12 people, including accompanying adults.
Through detailed descriptions, a mediator helps you discover the museum's collections and temporary exhibitions.
These adapted tours can include dedicated mediation tools, such as high-contrast reproductions of works, textile samples and sounds.
Self-guided sensory tour
Suitable for people with neurodevelopmental disorders
Duration : 1 hour for a maximum of 12 people, including accompanying adults.
Visit available soon
Take a sensory stroll using your sense of hearing, smell, sight and touch, and discover 4 artistic movements characteristic of the 19th and early 20th centuries.