Museum

Cité Musée Tony Garnier

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Hours

Tue to Sat: 14:00 to 17:00
Mon, Sun: Closed

September to May, closed on public holidays. In June and July open 9:30 to 13:00. Guided visits Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoons. The painted-walls trail outside is open daily at no cost.

Source: lyon.fr, checked 12 Nov 2026.

Entrance sign of the Musée urbain Tony Garnier in Lyon's 8th arrondissement — Photo: Romainbehar / Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0)

Museum in the États-Unis housing estate designed by Tony Garnier, covering architecture, urban planning and social housing, with a painted-walls trail outside.

Time needed 1 hour

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Nearby

Maison de la Danse Special · 12 min walk Dance theatre on avenue Jean Mermoz presenting a programme of international dance companies each season. Musée Lumière Museum · 17 min walk Museum in the Villa Lumière devoted to the Cinématographe and the Lumière family, with the first Cinématographe and an Edison Kinetoscope on show. Hangar du Premier-Film Special · 17 min walk Cinema of the Institut Lumière showing daily screenings, retrospectives, classics and talks, next to the wall of film directors' names set in copper... Manufacture des Tabacs Landmark · 19 min walk Tobacco factory built from 1912 to 1932 by the architect Joseph Clugnet, in use until 1988 and now a campus of Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3. Parc Blandan Park · 21 min walk Park of about 15 hectares on the site of a former military fort, with an esplanade, the fort itself and its moats. Musée d'histoire de la médecine et de la pharmacie Museum · 21 min walk University museum in the Rockefeller domain, on the first floor of wing A-C, covering the history of medicine and pharmacy.

Around Monplaisir

Where cinema began

Monplaisir is a residential district in the 8th arrondissement, best known as the place where the Lumière family worked. It also holds a mosque, a dance theatre and Tony Garnier's housing estate.

Monplaisir has 7 places on the Roam Lyon map: 3 museums, 2 special spots and 2 landmarks. Read the Monplaisir guide.

Grande Mosquée de Lyon Landmark · 2.1 km away

Good to know

What is the address of Cité Musée Tony Garnier?: 4 rue des Serpollières, 69008 Lyon.
What are the opening hours of Cité Musée Tony Garnier?: Tue to Sat 14:00 to 17:00; Closed Mon, Sun. September to May, closed on public holidays. In June and July open 9:30 to 13:00. Guided visits Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoons. The painted-walls trail outside is open daily at no cost.
How long do you need at Cité Musée Tony Garnier?: Plan for 1 hour.

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