Musée des Arts Forains
Musée des Arts Forains is one of those off-the-beaten-path things to do in Paris. I had come across this in my planning online and it took three visits before I could gain access, but I guess third time is a charm.
This privately-owned funfair museum houses a fascinating collection of Venetian carnival rooms, rides and games. Tours are offered to groups and are in French only. Even though I do not speak French, I thoroughly enjoyed the tour which included riding some of the rides and playing some of the games. Like this one:
These waiters with their trays of drink advanced to race across the stage when players rolled balls into the proper holes. I actually won!
I am sure I would have enjoyed it even more had I been able to actually understand what our nice tour guide was saying, but besides the fun games & rides in which to participate, there was plenty of interest to look at…
Lovely, as always. :) I love the sense of warmth and light in this series, too. What an interesting place!
Thank you, too, for your lovely message. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can this week!
Take care –
Karin
(an alien parisienne)
Looks like a place to visit! At Bercy I believe? Thanks for drawing the attention to it! Really nicely pictured!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I appreciate your visit!
Oui, it is in Bercy. If you click on the name at the beginning of the post, there is a map and more contact information, which Metro, etc. I suppose I should make that kind of link more obvious in the future. My bad!
It really was a neat place to visit.

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Great photos! So it takes an Armchair Parisian to teach me things about my own city. :) I think I’ll go there with the French Fries on a rainy day…
La Mom
An American Mom in Paris
You should sell your photographs. That blue one is awesome!
Charming. I’ll have to scope this out on my next trip to Paris. I love the small museums the best.
It goes on the list for next time, definitely. Wherever did you find out about it?