Would you like to discover the museum and its collections with a group of children or your class? Self-guided and guided tours have been specially designed for you.
Prepare your visit
The museum offers themed tours of collections and exhibitions for different age groups.
All group visits to the museum must be pre-booked using an online form New window which allows you to indicate the type of visit, the theme and the dates required. Reservations cannot be made by telephone.
This request does not constitute a booking, which will only be confirmed on receipt of a booking confirmation sent to you by e-mail within 2 months of the visit.
Due to the large number of requests, priority is given according to the date on which the form is sent.
When should I book?
Visit the permanent collections:
- January1 to March 31, 2026: booking from Wednesday, November 5, 2025
- April1 to July 3, 2026: booking from Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- From July 4 to September 30, 2026: booking from Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Due to the re-hanging of works in the modern and contemporary art collections in 2025, some tour itineraries may be unavailable or modified..
Visit the temporary exhibitions:
- Under the rain. Painting, living and dreaming November 7, 2025 to March1, 2026: bookings from Wednesday, October 8, 2025
- Plants and People January 30, 2026 to January 3, 2027: reservations open January 21, 2026
- Odyssée de l’oubli by Anne and Patrick Poirier, May 22 to August 30, 2026: reservations open Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Rates
Mediation tour
Metropolitan children (kindergarten and elementary): free.
Non-metropolitan children (kindergarten and elementary): €40/class.
Metropolitan young people (middle school, high school, higher education): €30/class.
Non-metropolitan young people (middle school, high school, higher education): €40/class.
Self-guided tour
Free
For more information on the practicalities of group visits, visit our group FAQ.
School offer
To provide the best possible conditions for your class, the museum opens its doors exclusively to schoolchildren from 9am to 11am. Don't miss out!
Teachers' appointments
Throughout the year, the museum organizes a number of events for teachers to introduce them to the school program, the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Bring your class to the Nantes Museum of Art: presentation of the school program for the 2025–2026 academic year.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Via videoconference
The museum's visitors' service offers a presentation and training session on self-guided tours for different school levels, from kindergarten to high school.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Would you like to visit the museum independently but would like some tips on how to analyze the works with your students? This event is designed for you! We offer training in how to interpret paintings at the museum.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Come and discover the new exhibition in Room 21 with a Plants & People mediator. An exhibition conceived by the Museum of Art and the Pays de la Loire Regional Contemporary Art Fund.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Via videoconference
The museum's visitors' service offers a presentation and training session on self-guided tours for different school levels, from kindergarten to high school.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Presentation of Anne and Patrick Poirier's exhibition entitled Odyssey of Oblivion.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Bring your class to the Nantes Museum of Art: presentation of the school program for the 2025–2026 academic year.
Calls for projects & artistic and cultural education pathways
The class, the work!
Created in 2013, by the French Ministries of Culture and Education, "La classe, l'œuvre!" is an artistic and cultural education operation linked to the European Museum Night. It is part of the child's artistic and cultural education pathway, and aims to enhance the value of heritage collections for students and teachers.
"La classe, l'œuvre!" at the Musée d'arts de Nantes
As part of this program, the Musée d'arts de Nantes is inviting secondary school classes to study a work exhibited at the museum during the school year, devise productions related to the work, and design a mediation program for European Museum Night in May 2026.
Would you like to take part with your class? Complete the project application form New window before September 19, 2025!
Around the exhibition Sous la pluie. Painting, living and dreaming
EAC course in partnership with the Nantes Archives
The Musée d'arts and the Archives de Nantes join forces around an original, cross-disciplinary subject: rain. The exhibition Sous la pluie. Peindre, vivre et rêver au musée explores the history of the sensibility and representation of rain that developed throughout the 19th century. This theme is an opportunity to question the historical collection of the Archives de Nantes on meteorological data, city planning, environmental risk management...
The project is aimed at middle and high school classes and will take place in several stages during the 2025-2026 school year.
Thecall for applications is closed, but you can find out more about this route here:
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