Paris Sewer Museum — Attraction in Paris

This museum is not ment for English speakers. We entered the museum and were greeted in French. We said we only understand almost no French. It was obvious that we were tourist but they didn’t say anything about it. Once we went into the museum we realised everything was in French. So we went back to the desk and suddenly we get an English binder which had seen better days and was falling apart. After that we entered the museum again to find out it is quite hard to combine the text with the correct text in the binder. At the entrance they also claimed to have an audio guide which would’ve been nice but this services was out of use. After all this our experience was very mediocre and was not worth our money. I don’t recommend this museum for English speaking people until they fix the audio guides or do something about the bad quality of the binders+route. While the topic is very interesting we didn’t quite...

I found the exhibition interesting, as other reviewers commented it is an active sewer and there is a certain smell associated with it!

All the content is in French but they do provide a booklet which translates a lot of the signs into English, this seemed to be a little out of date and some of the signs didn’t align up and there was no alternative I found for the audio on the videos.

Otherwise an interesting visit on how the sewers came into effect, their current and and historical operations. The was a little bit on the history of Paris in general but this was fairly limited. There was also a comparison with the development of some other major cities in Europe/US.

I was there about an hour and I think I read pretty much everything. The tours looked good but I couldn’t find an English speaking tour. Audio guides weren’t available at the time of the visit but the website suggests...

The Musée des Egouts offers an immersive (not literally!) experience of Paris' urban surface water and sewage infrastructure.

As a visitor one gains access to a number of live sewer tunnels. The sewage odour is moderate but not overwhelming. No protective equipment is required to be worn but visitors are advised of basic sanitary measures such as not touching surfaces & to wash hands after visiting the museum. A range of displays provide an understanding of the past present and future of Paris' sewer system.

A tip for non French speakers: All signage and interpretation is in French only, so we recommend paying for an audio guide for an additional €3. Audio guides are available in English and Spanish.

ps. the toilets at The Musée des Egouts were probably the best public toilets we...