Getting here

Comment venir au musée des Confluences

By public transport

  • From Lyon – Part-Dieu station
    20 minutes: Metro B, Debourg stop then T1 tram, Musée des Confluences stop
    30 minutes: C7 bus
  • From Lyon – Perrache station
    10 minutes: T1 tram, Musée des Confluences stop, bus no.63
  • From place Bellecour
    15 minutes: C10, bus no.15

N.B.: an increase in pickpockets has been reported at the T1 Musée des Conflences tram station. Be very vigilant.

By car

From the A6 (Paris)
At the exit of the tunnel under Fourvière, take direction Marseille - Lyon-Gerland, then exit 1, musée des Confluences

From the A7 (Saint-Étienne / Marseille)
Exit 1.3 : Gerland, Perrache, La confluence, musée des Confluences

Coming from the A43 (Chambéry / Grenoble) or the A42 (Geneva)
Take the southern ring road, then exit at Lyon-Centre, Porte de Gerland

People with reduced mobility
3 disabled parking spaces under the flyover in the immediate vicinity of the museum

Car parks

  • Tony Garnier car park
    Vehicle entrance: 12 rue Jonas Salk, 69007 Lyon
    GPS coordinates: 45°43'46.0"N 4°49'22.6"E
  • During the week : Pôle de Commerces et de Loisirs Confluence
    Vehicle entrance: 7 rue Paul Montrochet, 69002 Lyon
    GPS coordinates: 45°44'27.8"N 4°48'57.5"E
  • Museum car park closed

Carsharing
En Covoit' Grand Lyon is a carsharing service created in 2009 by the Lyon Urban Community and specialised in short-distance journeys: commuting for work and study and cultural events.

By bike

  • A bicycle parking area is available on the museum forecourt.
  • A Vélo'v station is also installed on the forecourt.

Beware, however, that an increase in the number of thefts has been reported.

By boat

By boat, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 4 July to 19 December 2021.
Departure from the Quai des Célestins at 11am.

By coach

Coaches can stop along the side of the museum at the drop-off area under the A7 motorway.

By plane

Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Rhônexpress to Part-Dieu (Villette) SNCF train station.

Access to the museum

  • Main Cristal entrance
  • Individual visitors and groups (not on guided tours)
  • Groups entrance, to the right of the main staircase
    Groups with mediation, visitors with reduced mobility, families with pushchairs
  • Auditorium entrance, Rhône side
    Direct access during shows, conferences and events.
    Doors to the building open one hour before the performance starts.
    The hall opens 30 minutes before the performance starts.