RPR-FRA-030 · FRANCE
Luxembourg Palace
Plan a visit
Guided visits — The Senate permits collective palace visits arranged at the request of a senator; prospective groups should contact their senator. It also opens for announced September Heritage Days. There is no ordinary walk-in palace museum ticket, and entry to the Luxembourg Garden does not include the palace.
Booking: Arrange a collective visit through a senator, or follow the conditions of a newly announced Heritage Days event.
Official source / visitor information
Source review: 2026-10-12.
Queen-Dowager / Royal Palace
French name: Palais du Luxembourg
Type: Queen-Dowager / Royal Palace
Dates: begun 1615 for Marie de Médicis
Status: Surviving / French Senate
Provenance: Royal palace created for the queen mother Marie de Médicis
Geography
Geographic Path: France → Île-de-France → Paris → Luxembourg / 6th arrondissement
Local Place: Luxembourg quarter
Estate / Micro-location: Luxembourg Palace and Garden
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Rulers, Residents & Use by Reign
| Period | Ruler | Relationship | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| regency-family palace phase | Louis XIII | queen-mother palace association | Luxembourg Palace was built for Marie de Médicis during Louis XIII's reign. | High |
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Can You Visit?
Access status: event_only
Active seat of the French Senate. Not a daily palace museum; group visits may be organized through senators, with major public opening during European Heritage Days.
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Visitor Statistics
No reliable annual figures have been entered yet.
For the latest access review, see Plan Your Visit above.
Palace Profile & Official Website
Luxembourg Palace is recorded as Queen-Dowager / Royal Palace. Location: Paris. Royal palace created for the queen mother Marie de Médicis
Summary from the existing catalogue; the historical description has not been fully re-audited in this release.
Official source / visitor information
Access: The Senate permits collective palace visits arranged at the request of a senator; prospective groups should contact their senator. It also opens for announced September Heritage Days. There is no ordinary walk-in palace museum ticket, and entry to the Luxembourg Garden does not include the palace.
Sources
Annual Visitor Statistics
No verified annual attendance figures have been entered. This does not mean zero visitors or that no statistics exist.
Historical illustration
Possibly by Michel van Lochom · 1638. Historical engraved plan of the Luxembourg garden parterre, published in 1638 in a gardening treatise. Authorship is tentative in the museum catalogue. This is not a current visitor map or a plan of the palace interior.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 26.104.2-(1); Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926. Collection record · CC0.