European Heritage Days - Château de Fontainebleau
During these two exceptional days, the Château de Fontainebleau invites you to immerse yourself in the heart of its cultural, historical, architectural and artistic heritage, enabling as many people as possible to discover its knowledge and know-how.
Château de Fontainebleau
Place du Général de Gaulle
77300 Fontainebleau
Place du Général de Gaulle
77300 Fontainebleau
Guided tours are free of charge, but must be booked in advance.
Reservations can only be made on the day of the tour at the reception desk in the Cour d'Honneur, subject to availability.
Meet at the kiosk :
At 9:30 am to reserve morning tours.
At 1pm to book afternoon tours.
Program:
Visit the Château
- Self-guided tour of the château at your own pace: Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 am to 6 pm (last admission at 5:15 pm).
Exhibitions
- Grandeur Nature II: The spirit of the forest: Saturday and Sunday at 2pm (duration: 1h30) - Departure from the Cour d'Honneur
- Vintage vehicles before 1940 (with the Fédération Française des Véhicules d'Époque, Saturday from 10am to 6pm - Allée de Maintenon)
- Biodiversity & photography workshop (with Avon leisure centers and Citéo de Melun) Saturday and Sunday, 9:30am to 5:30pm - Galerie des fleurs - Free admission
Special openings
- Cour Ovale: Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Cour Ovale via the Cour de la Fontaine, access via the couloir des Mariniers
- Porte Dorée: Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Cour Ovale via the Cour de la Fontaine, access via the couloir des Mariniers
- Fumoir Napoléon III: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Free admission
- Salle du Jeu de paume: Initiations every 30 minutes from 10am to 11:30am and from 2pm to 5:30pm and demonstrations at 11:30am and 5:30pm (30 minutes) - Free admission
- Tapestry workshop: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am, 11:15 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, 2:45 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:15 pm and 5 pm (30 minutes) - Departure from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Scientific Resource Center: Saturday at 11 am, 2 pm and 3:30 pm (45 minutes) - Departure from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Galerie des Cerfs: Saturday and Sunday, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (every 20 minutes) - Cour Ovale via the Cour de la Fontaine, access via the Mariniers corridor.
- La Treille du Roy: Saturday, 2 pm to 6 pm - Bois d'Hyver - Free admission
Reading
- Once upon a time, at the Château de Fontainebleau... Saturday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (30 minutes) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
Concerts
- Concert and musical stroll - ProQuartet: Saturday at 3pm (1h) - leaving from the Cour d'Honneur
- Piano plume - Grégoire Genuys : Sunday at 4 pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
Unusual tours
- Dialogue between two extraordinary Sèvres vases: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am (1h) - departing from the cour d'Honneur
- Louis XV: 1725, the royal wedding: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Tour of the Grands Appartements: Saturday at 10:30 am, Sunday at 3 pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Porte Dorée and Cour Ovale: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 and 11:30 am (45 minutes) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Architecture(s): through the Napoleonic collections: Saturday at 10:45 a.m. (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Jardin de Diane and galerie des Cerfs: Saturday and Sunday at 11 am (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Discovering the little creatures of the park: Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Salle de Bal: Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. (30 minutes) - departs from the Cour d'Honneur
- Behind the scenes: Saturday and Sunday at 2pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- François Ier, un rêve d'Italie: Saturday and Sunday at 2.15pm and 4pm (1h30) - departs from the Cour d'Honneur
- Napoleon I's major works at Fontainebleau: Saturday at 2.30pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Tour of the Théâtre Impérial: Saturday and Sunday at 2.45pm and 3.45pm (45 minutes) - departs from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Quand les murs murmurent: Saturday and Sunday at 4pm (1h30) - departs from the Cour d'Honneur
- An adventure on the scale of space and time! Everything you ever wanted to know about "The American Schools of Fontainebleau, installed since 1921": Saturday at 4pm (45 minutes) - Salle des Colonnes - Free admission
Must-see tours
- Théâtre Impérial: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (every 20 minutes) - from the Cour d'Honneur
- Madame de Maintenon's apartment: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (1 hour) - from the Cour d'Honneur
- Turkish boudoir: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am, 12 pm, 2:30 pm and 4:15 pm (45 minutes) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Petits Appartements: Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon and 4 pm (1 hour) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Discover the château through its gardens: Saturday and Sunday at 2pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
Reservations can only be made on the day of the tour at the reception desk in the Cour d'Honneur, subject to availability.
Meet at the kiosk :
At 9:30 am to reserve morning tours.
At 1pm to book afternoon tours.
Program:
Visit the Château
- Self-guided tour of the château at your own pace: Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 am to 6 pm (last admission at 5:15 pm).
Exhibitions
- Grandeur Nature II: The spirit of the forest: Saturday and Sunday at 2pm (duration: 1h30) - Departure from the Cour d'Honneur
- Vintage vehicles before 1940 (with the Fédération Française des Véhicules d'Époque, Saturday from 10am to 6pm - Allée de Maintenon)
- Biodiversity & photography workshop (with Avon leisure centers and Citéo de Melun) Saturday and Sunday, 9:30am to 5:30pm - Galerie des fleurs - Free admission
Special openings
- Cour Ovale: Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Cour Ovale via the Cour de la Fontaine, access via the couloir des Mariniers
- Porte Dorée: Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Cour Ovale via the Cour de la Fontaine, access via the couloir des Mariniers
- Fumoir Napoléon III: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Free admission
- Salle du Jeu de paume: Initiations every 30 minutes from 10am to 11:30am and from 2pm to 5:30pm and demonstrations at 11:30am and 5:30pm (30 minutes) - Free admission
- Tapestry workshop: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am, 11:15 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, 2:45 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:15 pm and 5 pm (30 minutes) - Departure from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Scientific Resource Center: Saturday at 11 am, 2 pm and 3:30 pm (45 minutes) - Departure from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Galerie des Cerfs: Saturday and Sunday, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (every 20 minutes) - Cour Ovale via the Cour de la Fontaine, access via the Mariniers corridor.
- La Treille du Roy: Saturday, 2 pm to 6 pm - Bois d'Hyver - Free admission
Reading
- Once upon a time, at the Château de Fontainebleau... Saturday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (30 minutes) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
Concerts
- Concert and musical stroll - ProQuartet: Saturday at 3pm (1h) - leaving from the Cour d'Honneur
- Piano plume - Grégoire Genuys : Sunday at 4 pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
Unusual tours
- Dialogue between two extraordinary Sèvres vases: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am (1h) - departing from the cour d'Honneur
- Louis XV: 1725, the royal wedding: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Tour of the Grands Appartements: Saturday at 10:30 am, Sunday at 3 pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Porte Dorée and Cour Ovale: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 and 11:30 am (45 minutes) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Architecture(s): through the Napoleonic collections: Saturday at 10:45 a.m. (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Jardin de Diane and galerie des Cerfs: Saturday and Sunday at 11 am (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Discovering the little creatures of the park: Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Salle de Bal: Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. (30 minutes) - departs from the Cour d'Honneur
- Behind the scenes: Saturday and Sunday at 2pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- François Ier, un rêve d'Italie: Saturday and Sunday at 2.15pm and 4pm (1h30) - departs from the Cour d'Honneur
- Napoleon I's major works at Fontainebleau: Saturday at 2.30pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
- Tour of the Théâtre Impérial: Saturday and Sunday at 2.45pm and 3.45pm (45 minutes) - departs from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Quand les murs murmurent: Saturday and Sunday at 4pm (1h30) - departs from the Cour d'Honneur
- An adventure on the scale of space and time! Everything you ever wanted to know about "The American Schools of Fontainebleau, installed since 1921": Saturday at 4pm (45 minutes) - Salle des Colonnes - Free admission
Must-see tours
- Théâtre Impérial: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (every 20 minutes) - from the Cour d'Honneur
- Madame de Maintenon's apartment: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (1 hour) - from the Cour d'Honneur
- Turkish boudoir: Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am, 12 pm, 2:30 pm and 4:15 pm (45 minutes) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Petits Appartements: Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon and 4 pm (1 hour) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur.
- Discover the château through its gardens: Saturday and Sunday at 2pm (1h30) - departing from the Cour d'Honneur
Tarifs
Free of charge.
Prestations, conforts et services
- Langues parlées :
- French
Périodes d'ouverture
From Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 September 2025.