There's an hour in Paris when doors thought to be closed open quietly. An hour when museums leave their diurnal solemnity to invite visitors to wander more freely, almost in complicity.
The Nuit des Musées 2025, in the warmth of May, promises this unique interlude: one where curiosity, poetry and surprise come together. And far from the crowds at the Louvre or Orsay, it's in more discreet places that the vibrant heart of this special night beats.

The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature awakens its sleeping creatures in the Marais. Between immobile trophies and contemporary works, visitors progress as if in an ancient dream, carried by the muffled scent of leather and waxed wood.
A few streets up, nestled at the foot of Montmartre, the Musée de la Vie Romantique whispers its stories of star-crossed lovers and faded watercolors. In the flickering light of the lamps, you could almost catch a glimpse of an escaped George Sand novel.

In a discreet garden in the 6ᵉ arrondissement, it's the Musée Zadkine that stretches its stone arms out into the night. The artist's studio, now a haven of sculptures and subdued light, offers intimate shelter to those weary of the hustle and bustle. Even more unusual is a visit to the Musée de la Préfecture de Police, where crime archives and memories of revolutions tell a different, nervous and secret story of Paris.

In the shadow of a wiser avenue, the Musée de la Contrefaçon reveals its elegant duplicities: bags, watches, copied works of art, everything here questions the real and the fake with a light, almost tender irony.
A little further on, on the benches of scientific history, the Musée Curie whispers the memory of Marie, Pierre, days of obstinate research in the white silence of the laboratory.

For those in search of raw wonder, push open the door of the Musée des Arts Forains, with its antique carousels and poetic automata, or dare to descend into the liquid shadow of the Musée des Égouts de Paris, where the city breathes differently, in its underground arteries.

Finally, for those fascinated by symbols, the Museum of Freemasonry offers an esoteric detour, while the Monnaie de Paris, with its workshops engraved with centuries of history, reminds us that gold can also be a memory.

In this suspended night, every step becomes a whisper, every place a secret confided under the discreet glow of streetlamps.
In Paris, on May 17, 2025, curiosity is not shouted: it is touched, it slips, it gently illuminates, like a nightlight on the world's childhood.