Musée Urbain Tony Garnier - Cité Tony Garnier
4 rue des Serpollières - 69008 Lyon 8ème
Set off to discover the 25 painted walls in the social housing estate designed by the architect Tony Garnier and built between 1920 and 1933. You can also visit a show flat from the 1930s.
Last updated date : 04/06/2025
From 03/06 to 25/07/2025, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Closed exceptionally on July 14th.
From 02/09 to 20/12/2025, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Musée Urbain Tony Garnier - Cité Tony Garnier
4 rue des Serpollières - 69008 Lyon 8ème
The origins of the Etats-Unis district date back to 1917. Édouard Herriot, mayor of Lyon, announced the creation of housing for factory workers located between La Guillotière and Vénissieux: this was one of the first public-initiative social housing estate.
Tony Garnier, the architect who won the Grand Prix de Rome, was chosen to coordinate this monumental project. Work began in 1920 and the first residents moved in in July 1933.
Rehabilitated between 1985 and 1997, the working-class Etats-Unis district saw the birth of an original experiment in cultural development: from 1988, CitéCréation artists designed and created monumental paintings on its walls. This was the birth of the Musée urbain Tony Garnier, which became the Cité Musée Tony Garnier in 2024.
Today, the Cité Musée offers a variety of tours of the Tony Garnier estate, including a series of buildings and leafy courtyards, 25 mural paintings, a show flat that recreates the atmosphere of the 1930s and temporary exhibitions.
Useful information: the permanent exhibition of painted walls and the architecture of the Tony Garnier estate are freely accessible every day, all year round.
The museum shop is open Tuesday to Saturday from 2pm to 5pm from September to May, and from 9.30am to 1pm in June and July.
Visits to the show flat are only possible in the company of our guides. They take place on Wednesdays and Fridays from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm from September to May and from 10.30 am to 11.30 am in June and July. The tour of the painted walls and the show flat takes place on Saturdays from 2.30 pm to 4 pm from September to May and from 10.30 am to 12 pm in June and July. For all these tours, we strongly advise you to book in advance on the museum's website.
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Useful tips
Openings
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From 03/06 to 25/07/2025, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Closed exceptionally on July 14th.
From 02/09 to 20/12/2025, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Prices
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Full price: 3 € for access to the temporary exhibition (Apartment 1930: single price 5€; Discovery Trail: 10€)
Reduced rate: from 2 to 6 € (2 € for the temporary exhibition; 6 € for the Discovery Trail).
Free for children under 12.
Group rate from 20 people.
Histoguide supplement 5€ (visit booklet in FR/ENG)
Temporary exhibition or the histoguide are included in the Lyon City Card. - Included with the Lyon City Card
Accessibility
- Hearing disability
- Visual disability
- Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
