Note: The museum is closed for extensive renovations until early 2020.
If you want to get a better idea of Jean Valjean’s underground ordeal in Les Misérables, take a trip through Paris’s sewer museum. Though you won’t actually get on a boat, you will be able to walk through a short stretch of the city’s 2,400 km (1,490 miles) of sewers (don’t worry, you’ll be on a raised sidewalk on the side of the, uh, water), which should give you a pretty good idea of the different types of passageways and equipment that exist in this underground domain. After the renovations, interactive circuits of displays will explain the history of the city’s water supply and waste disposal issues (this was no joke; for centuries, the lack of a proper sewage system helped spread diseases like the Black Plague), as well as technical aspects of this stinky world. Because it’s underground and part of the working system, the museum closes when the Seine is high.
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Musée des Egouts de Paris
Pont de l’Alma, in front of 93 quai d’Orsay, 7th arrond.
Our Rating
Neighborhood
Eiffel Tower & Les Invalides (7th Arrondissement)
Hours
May–Sept Sat–Wed 11am–6pm; Oct–Apr Sat–Wed 11am–5pm
Transportation
Métro: Alma-Marceau RER: Pont de l’Alma
Phone
01-53-68-27-81
Prices
Admission 4.40€ adults; 3.60€ students and children 6–16, free for children 5 and under
Web site
Musée des Egouts de Paris
Other
Times may vary after reopening

Map
Pont de l’Alma, in front of 93 quai d’Orsay, 7th arrond. ParisNote: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.