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The Palace

From the seat of power to a museum of the history of France

Open from 9:00 am to 6:30 pmAttendance: high

The estate of Trianon

A place of intimacy

Open from 12:00 pm to 6:30 pmAttendance: average

The Gardens

The art of symmetry

Open from 8:00 am to 8:30 pmMusical Fountains Shows

The Royal Stables

The Coach Gallery

Open from 12:30 pm to 6:30 pmAttendance: low

From 30 May to 24 September 2017 at the Grand Trianon

Peter the Great, a tsar in France. 1717

The exhibition

Life on the estate

Instagram photo contest #VersaillesDetails

From 1st June to 31st August 2017, take part in our Instagram photo constest with the hashtag #VersaillesDetails!

Life on the estate

Fashion at Versailles

The partnership between the Palace of Versailles and the Google Cultural Institute continues through the international project« We Wear Culture » with the creation of two virtual exhibitions : « Fashion at Versailles : Her » et « Fashion at Versailles : Him ».

Life on the estate

The Palace of Versailles' New Mobile App

The official Palace of Versailles Mobile Application.

Shows

From 31 March to 31 October 2017 / The Gardens

Fountains Shows and Musical Gardens

From 31 March to 31 October 2017, enjoy the Musical Fountains Shows and the Musical Gardens in the gardens and the groves open for the occasion. During summer, every Saturday night discover the Gardens of Versailles differently with the Fountains Night shows.

Shows

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Programme of the National
Equestrian Academy of Versailles

Shows, guided and unaccompanied tours: discover the programme of the National Equestrian Academy for the 2017 season.

Exhibitions

From 24 October 2017 to 25 February 2018 / Palace of Versailles

Visitors to Versailles

The "Visitors to Versailles 1682-1789 " exhibition is jointly produced by the Palace of Versailles and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It will be on display in Versailles from the 24th of October 2017 to the 25th of February 2018 and will later be held in New York from 9 April.

Exhibitions

Autumn 2017, Château of Rambouillet

The princes of Rambouillet. Family portraits

The Palace of Versailles and the French Centre for National Monuments are continuing their partnership in 2017 with a new exhibition of works dedicated to the Bourbon-Penthièvre family, called "The Princes of Rambouillet. Family portraits". The exhibition will be held in the Château of Rambouillet, which will be reopening in September 2017 after more than a year of works.

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Visiting Versailles

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Guided Tours

During guided tours, a speaker from the Palace invites you into lesser known locations otherwise closed to the visitors.

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18,000 artworks to discover online

With 60,000 artworks, collections of Versailles illustrate 5 centuries of French History. This set reflects the dual vocation of the Palace once inhabited by the sovereigns and then a museum dedicated "to all the glories of France" inaugurated by Louis-Philippe in 1837.