Explore with your family on a 2-hour private Orsay scavenger hunt, created for kids aged 6–12, with an engaging expert guide, special access tickets and tailored material. With hands-on activities, which nurture the interaction of the child with the museum and its collection. along with  an activity booklet and prizes. This tour is a great option for families with young children
Many parents worry that the Orsay Museum will feel like “just another museum” to their children, with endless rooms of paintings. As a result, kids who are already tired from sightseeing can quickly become bored or overwhelmed when they are asked simply to look and listen, without anything to do with their hands or their imaginations.
Indeed, without a playful structure or a clear mission, they may rush past Monet, Van Gogh or Degas without really seeing them, asking “when are we leaving?” instead of engaging with the art.
Therefore, a themed Orsay Treasure Hunt can completely transform that passive experience into a game, where kids actively search, observe, and solve mini-mysteries, so the same paintings suddenly become meaningful clues, lively characters, and exciting moments of discovery.
Our Orsay Treasure Hunt tour includes entrance tickets with fast access, so your family bypasses the regular ticket queue and gets inside much more quickly.
Instead of standing still in a crowded line, you can save that precious energy for exploring Monet, Van Gogh and Degas together. With the main waiting time removed and a clear, simple meeting point by the elephant statue, everyone arrives inside calmer, fresher and ready to enjoy the game, the stories and the art from the very first gallery.
Between multiple levels, long corridors, and different wings, it is easy to waste precious time backtracking or wandering, while kids grow impatient and restless.
With a passionate, expert guide leading the way, your family follows a clear, kid-friendly path that connects the must-see masterpieces without the stress of constant decision-making. Instead of parents stopping to read maps or signs, the guide anticipates where to go next, manages the timing, and keeps the group together, so children stay focused on the stories and treasure-hunt challenges.
Families find that standard audio guides at the MusĂ©e d’Orsay give too much dense info like dates, techniques, and artist stories that go right over kids’ heads aged 6–15. These self-paced audio guides feel boring and far away from the fun, so children zone out while parents struggle with headsets and maps. Without pictures, games, or kid stories, there’s no excitement, and kids walk off instead of loving Monet’s exceptional work or Degas’ dancers.Â
A private Orsay Treasure Hunt Tour fixes this fast by switching wordy talks for clues, missions, and lively tales that match kids’ energy and keep everyone happy. Book your family-friendly Orsay Museum Treasure Hunt today with Paris and Beyond Tours for stress-free art adventures.
Your guide will be holding a meeting sign “Paris And Beyond Tours”. For any assistance and inquiry, please call/text our team at +33 6 33 86 03 14 or email [email protected]
Address
Statues des animaux, Quai Anatole France, Paris, France. (In front of Orsay Museum Entrance next to the Elephant Statue).
The tour is free of charge for any children under 5 years old at the tour time. The minimum charge is 2 participants.
Example : If you are a family of 5, 2 adults and 3 kids, the kids are 4/5/6, it would be a group of 4 paid participant and 1 free participant in your group.
Note that the tour guides will try their best to engage the younger children as well.Â
That said, our experiences are designed to allow the highest level of interaction between family members of all ages.Â
The Orsay Treasure Hunt is especially designed for children aged 6 to 12. Our guide will happily adapt the clues, explanations, and pace to the age and interests of your children.
Yes, the Orsay Treasure Hunt includes entrance tickets with fast access to the Orsay Museum, so you do not need to book anything separately.
Your meeting point is right next to the large elephant statue in front of the Musée d’Orsay. The museum address is: Musée d’Orsay, 1 Rue de la Légion d’Honneur, 75007 Paris.
If you need to cancel your tour, here is how our cancellation policy works:
Up to 7 days before the tour: full refund of the tour price, minus the cost of tickets.
6 to 4 days before the tour: 75% refund of the tour price, minus the cost of tickets.
4 to 2 days before the tour: 50% refund of the tour price, minus the cost of tickets.
Under 48 hours before the tour and no show: no refund.
Please note that a 5% booking fee is deducted from any refund amounts.
The tour is conducted in English. Other languages are available on request, depending on guide availability at the time of your visit.
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