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OPENING HOURS

MIP, MAHP

  • 1 September to 30 June: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • 1 July to 31 August: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  • Closed on 1 May, first Monday of the month in January, February, March, October, November, December, 25 December and 1 January.

Ticket office closes 60 minutes before the MIP and  30 minutes at the MAHP.

International Perfume Museum Gardens

  • 1 March to 11 November: 09:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Closed on 1 May, from 12 November to 29 February 2024.

Ticket office closes 30 minutes before the JMIP closing time.

Villa Fragonard

  • School Holidays (area B): 1:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
  • 2 May to 30 June: 1:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. during week-ends only.
  • 1 July au 31 August: 1:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
  • Closed on 1 May, 25 December and 1 January.

GUIDED TOURS

All year long, our tour guides propose free guided visits (ninety minutes long). The visits guided are on several sites.


At the MIP:

  • From September to June (outside school holidays): Saturday at 3:00 p.m.
  • School Holidays: Everyday at 11.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m., except on Sunday.
  • From 10 July to 26 August: thematic guided tour at 11:00 am, 2:00 p.m and 4:00 p.m every day except on Sunday, and public holidays.
  • Guided tour price: € 3 per adult + entrance ticket.

MIP Gardens:

  • Saturday at 3.00 p.m. (April, May, September, October, November).
  • Saturday at 10.00 a.m. (June, July, August).
  • Individual guided tour: € 3/adult + entry ticket.

At the Museum of the Art and History of Provence:

  • Free guided tour without reservation.

RATES

International Perfume Museum (MIP) 

  • Regular price: € 6.
  • On presentation of the regular price ticket of one of our sites (MIP/MIP Gardens): half price on the second ticket (validity 7 days).
  • Full price combined ticket for the "Bonnard Museum" & the "International Perfume Museum" (valid for 4 days for one visit to each museum): € 10.
  • Reduced price combined ticket for the "Bonnard Museum" & the "International Perfume Museum" (valid for 4 days for one visit to each museum): € 7.50.
  • Half price: more 18's students, more than 10 people group.
  • Free (requires justification) for: under 18, unemployed, disabled, ICOM members, and ARMIP/AJMIP members, and for everyone the first Sunday of the month in (October to March).
  • Annual Pass MIP - FAMILY (2 adults + children under 18): € 17.
  • Annual Pass MIP - INDIVIDUAL: € 12.
  • Adult tickets have a discount of € 2 granted when you show a TER train ticket for Grasse or Mouans-Sartoux dated the same day as your visit, or a ZOU pass.

International Perfume Museum Gardens (JMIP)

  • Regular price: € 4.
  • On presentation of the regular price ticket of one of our sites (MIP/MIP Gardens): half price on the second ticket (validity 7 days).
  • Half price: more 18's students, more than 10 people group.
  • Free (requires justification): under 18, unemployed, disabled, ICOM members, and AJMIP/ARMIP members,and for everyone the first Sunday of the month in (October to November).
  • Annual Pass MIP Gardens - FAMILY: (2 adults + children under 18):  € 12.
  • Annual Pass MIP Gardens - PERSONNAL: € 10.
  • Adult tickets have a discount of € 2 granted when you show a TER train ticket for Grasse or Mouans-Sartoux dated the same day as your visit, or a ZOU pass.

Museum of the Art and History of Provence

  • Regular price: € 2 (this ticket also gives acces to the Villa Fragonard).
  • Free (requires justification): under 18, students, unemployed, disabled.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Villa Museum

  • Free tour.

Available for you...

Available for you at the International Perfume Museum:

  •     Specific pathway for children starting at age seven (interactive terminals and devices for touching and smelling).
  •     Disabled access.
  •     Pathway for the sight disabled (in Braille, objects in relief, olfactory pathway).
  •     Boutique.

Available for you at the International Perfume Museum Gardens:

  •     Disabled access.
  •     Boutique.

ACCEPTED MEANS OF PAYMENT
Cash, cheques, CB, cultural pass, Côte d'Azur Card.


VISIT REGULATIONS 

  • Animals forbidden,
  • Photos with flash and movies forbidden,
  • No smoking and no vaping,
  • Food forbidden,
  • Forbidden to touch showcases and works,
  • Minors under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult to enter the Museums (MIP/MAHP/VILLA & JMIP).

ACCESS

INTERNATIONAL PERFUME MUSEUM (MIP)
    2 bd du Jeu de Ballon, 06130 Grasse Cedex -Tel. +33 (0) 4 97 05 58 00
    Parking: Cours Honoré Cresp, La Foux
    Bus: To get to the museum, take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus or bus route 5 and get off at “Grasse Centre-Ville”. When leaving, take the   “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus from the “Grasse Centre-Ville” stop.
   Train : Get off the end of the line, “Grasse SNCF”, then take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus or bus route 5 and get off at “Grasse Centre-Ville”.      When leaving, take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus and get off at “Grasse SNCF”.


MUSEUM OF THE ART AND HISTORY OF PROVENCE
    2 rue Mirabeau, 06130 Grasse - Tel. +33 (0) 4 93 36 80 20
    Parking : Cours Honoré Cresp, La Foux
   Bus: To get to the museum, take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus or bus route 5 and get off at “Grasse Centre-Ville”. When leaving, take the   “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus from the “Grasse Centre-Ville” stop.
   Train : Get off the end of the line, “Grasse SNCF”, then take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus or bus route 5 and get off at “Grasse Centre-Ville”      When leaving, take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus and get off at “Grasse SNCF”.


JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD VILLA MUSEUM
    23 boulevard Fragonard, 06130 Grasse – Tel. +33 (0) 4 97 05 50 49
    Parking: Cours Honoré Cresp, La Foux
    Bus: To get to the museum, take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus or bus route 5 and get off at “Fragonard” stop. When leaving, take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus from the “Grasse Centre-Ville” stop.
    Train: Get off at the of the line, “Grasse SNCF”, then take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus toward “Grasse Centre-Ville” or bus route 5 get off at  “Grasse Centre-Ville” stop. When leaving, take the “CENTIFOLIA” shuttle bus and get off at “Grasse SNCF”.


INTERNATIONAL PERFUME MUSEUM GARDENS (JMIP)
    979 chemin des Gourettes, 06370 Mouans-Sartoux - Tel. +33 (0) 4 92 98 92 69
    By car: Free parking, 150 places (cars and/or buses).
    By bus: Take the Sillages E or A bus route from “Grasse SNCF” and get off at the end of the line at “Les Jardins du MIP”. When leaving the gardens, take bus route E or A from the “Les Jardins du MIP” stop towards “Grasse SNCF”.
   By train: Moauns-Sartoux SNCF station.

For a visit in all serenity… take advantage of your day to explore Grasse, its museums, historic city, etc. And don’t forget the Parking Relais: a 224-space car park, with easy access (near the SNCF railway station), where you can enjoy free parking all day if you have a public transport ticket! Just leave your car at the P+R car park, where you can catch a Sillages bus (5, CENTIFOLIA) — they run every 15 minutes — at the Gare SNCF railway station, to take you to the city-centre of Grasse. Easy, inexpensive and practical!

 

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