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 : 18/06/2025
From 03/06 to 25/07/2025 open Tuesday to Saturday (except public holidays) from 09:30 to 13:00.
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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Openings
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From 03/06 to 25/07/2025 open Tuesday to Saturday (except public holidays) from 09:30 to 13:00.
From 02/09 to 20/12/2025 open Tuesday to Saturday (except public holidays) from 2pm to 5pm.
Prices
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Visit to the show flat: full price €7.50, reduced price €5
Discovery trail: €7
Flash visit to the temporary exhibition: €2 in addition to the price of admission to the exhibition
Histoguide supplement €5 (tour booklet in FR/ENG).
Free for children under 12.
Group rate for 10 people or more. - Included with the Lyon City Card
Accessibility
- Hearing disability
- Visual disability
- Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
Additional information
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Tours of the show flat are only available in the company of guides from the Cité Musée Tony Garnier. It takes place on Wednesdays and Fridays from 2.30pm to 3.30pm from September to May and from 10.30am to 11.30am in June and July.
The tour of the painted walls and the show flat takes place on Saturdays from 2.30pm to 4pm from September to May and from 10.30am to 12pm in June and July. For all these tours, we strongly advise you to book in advance on the museum's website.
