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Musée des Arts Forains

Setting

« Transformez-vous en acteur de vos propres rêves au pays de la fête d’antan ! » Jean Paul Favand

This millstone building, designed at the end of the 19th century by one of Gustave Eiffel’s apprentices now houses the replica of an ancient funfair with merry-go-rounds and attractions. It was the first room to be created in the Pavillons de Bercy.

This unusual and unique venue in Paris offers many different configurations. Its adjustable structure, enables you to enjoy a pre-dinner drink in one side of the room and have dinner in the other. It can also be dedicated entirely to a cocktail reception. The room is perfect for any kind of event: conventions, gala dinners, corporate events, award ceremonies, anniversaries, weddings and many more.

The opportunity to ride the centenary merry-go-rounds will provide your guests with an unforgettable experience. Several other attractions will test their skills and dexterity. Upon entering the site, they will be transported back to the 1900’s, the golden age of funfairs.

Capacity

Seated meal

Up to 600 guests

cocktail reception

Up to 880 guests

Theater

Up to 400 guests

Size 1800m²

Capacity 880 guests

Adding a room : you can increase the capacity by adding another room (the Salons Vénitiens, the Théâtre du Merveilleux or the Magic Mirror)

Adding an outdoor area : The private garden-street – 800 sqm

Rates : Rental fees are quoted upon request, according to the number of guests, the time of the year and the chosen options.

Fairground attractions, shows and artists

Fairground attractions and games

Manège de chevaux de bois

Devenez cavalier sur ce manège d’époque 1900. Doté d’une cavalerie mixte, ses chevaux sont d’origine française et allemande.
Manège de Vélocipèdes

Pédalez ensemble sur ce manège de vélo de 1897 qui après avoir fonctionné à la vapeur et l’électricité ne fonctionne plus qu’à l’énergie des mollets.
Course de Garçons de Café

Attraction phare, ce jeu rend hommage à la course qui avait lieu chaque année sur les Champs Elysées. Les garçons de café devaient parcourir en un temps record 8km avec trois verres pleins.
Balançoires Allemandes

Construites pour les adultes, les balançoires sont les plus anciennes attractions de la fête foraine. Allemandes, celles-ci datent de 1920 et ont souvent participé à la fête de Munich.
Jeu de massacre et tirs "Renvoie-Nougats"

Ce jeux de massacre de 1935 se trouvait auparavant au Jardin d’Acclimatation.
Particulièrement ingénieux le tir renvoi-nougats utilise le mécanisme d’une tapette à souris. Lorsqu’elle est déclenchée par la cible, elle éjecte une friandise.
Jeu de Force

Ce jeu propose de lancer un torpilleur sur un destroyer, en le propulsant le long d’un rail à la force de ses bras.
Fonds de Photographe Forain

Déguisez-vous en un instant en mettant la tête dans ces fonds de photographe pour des photos inoubliables.
Stand de Billards

Ces jeux de glisse étaient très en vogue sur les foires et permettent de se défier entre collègues.

Manège de chevaux de bois

Manège de Vélocipèdes

Course de Garçons de Café

Vue d'ensemble de la Course de Garçons de Café

Détail des Garçons de Café

Balançoires Allemandes

Jeu de massacre et tirs "Renvoie-Nougats"

Jeu de Force

Fonds de Photographe Forain

Fond de photographe forain n°1

Fond de photographe forain n°2

Fond de photographe forain n°3

Stand de Billards

Stands de Billards du Musée des Arts Forains

Stand de Billards - Vue d'ensemble

Billards Japonais au Musée des Arts Forains

Shows

Orgue Hooguys

Construit en 1905 pour annoncer l’arrivée de la Fête Foraine dans les villages, la puissance de ses flutes accueillera vos invités.

Artists

Nous pouvons vous proposer un catalogue d’artistes du spectacle vivant :

Trapézistes, échassiers, jongleurs, acrobates, mimes, jongleurs de feu, magiciens ainsi que musiciens et orchestres pour l’accueil et l’animation de vos évènements.

Découvrez nos prestations artistiques

History

The Atmosphere of Salons Carousels

The Musée des Arts Forains was the first site to be installed in the Pavillons de Bercy in 1996. It renders the atmosphere of former Salons-Carousels. Behind a beautifully sculpted and imposing facade, a spacious and luxurious covered salon would shelter an organ, a ballroom, a brasserie, attractions and a carousel. There were over thirty nomad monuments of the kind travelling through Europe from one funfair to another in the 1900s.

Extraordinary events

Everything here is designed to feel once more the warm atmosphere of these convivial places.
As guests walk through the theatre curtains they will enter and become actors of a reconstituted Salon Carousel. In the entrance of the Museum, they are welcomed by two majestic statues and a 1905 organ. The venue’s display is also a tribute to Baroque, abounding with fairground art artifacts inspired by the luxuriousness and imaginative atmosphere of this style.

All the ancient pieces that are present bear witness to the work done by the restorers in our workshops. The booths, velocipede carousel and wooden horse merry go round have been restored to full working condition enabling the discovery of this unusual lively museum through playing and amusement.

The birth of funfairs

Until the 18th century, fairs were privileged spaces for trade and commerce; in the 19th century, they became spaces for entertainment. An entirely new social phenomenon was born: the Funfair. Funfairs not only spread innovations of the industrial era, but also offered an escapade into a world of freedom and dreams. One could discover a great number of attractions : strange physics experiments, popular science, art museums, wax museums, historical and ethnographical museums, fairground zoos… and arious forms of shows that preceded of modern entertainment such as French Théâtre de Boulevard, sport shows, cabarets, musicals, illusionists…and also the movies.

In the golden days of the Belle Époque, people were amazed by Funfairs. Crowds discovered curiosities from all over the world displayed in live shows, at a time when television and global tourism did not yet exist.

It is this lively atmosphere, inviting to a motionless journey into daydream that Jean Paul Favand wanted to recreate in this room, to confer a completely different extent to your special event right in the middle of Paris.

Tech specifications

Total size : 1800sqm

Lighting : 16-channel DMX console controlling 4 scenic lighting zones. Scripted lighting with over 300 sources of light. Customisable according to the event.

Sound : Multi-zone diffusion Nexo / Line Array and PS 10 + Yamaha MTX 5 Processor that enables conferences and DJ usage with a 92 dB limiter / HF Mic
Our sound system is compulsory for dance nights.

Included personnel : a manager and security agent(s)

Other : room adapted for video projections.
Wi-Fi
Ground floor load-in
Prep area with sink (lift)

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Directions

By car

Easy access from the Boulevard Périphérique ( exit at Porte de Bercy ) and from the Voie Georges Pompidou
By metro

Line 14 Station : Cour St Emilion – 5 minutes away from the Châtelet
By bus

Lines 24, 109 and 111 – Bus stop : Terroirs de France
Parking Indigo Saint Emilion

Saint-Emilion : 12 Place des Vins de France, 75012 Paris
+33 (0) 1 44 68 89 59

Parking Interparking Bercy Lumière

40 avenue des terroirs de France, 75012 Paris
+33 (0)9 70 14 01 11
Bercy Coach Parking

Bercy Autocars : 210 quai de Bercy, 75012 Paris
+33 (0) 1 43 47 00 01
Accessibility

Disabled access
Please note that a cobbled street connects our different rooms

Musée des arts forains

Salons Vénitiens

Théâtre du merveilleux

Magic Mirror