La Cité de l'Histoire: The Forbidden City Immersive Experience Tickets

About this experience

La Cité de l'Histoire: The Forbidden City Immersive Experience is a self-paced cultural show in Paris that brings six centuries of imperial Chinese history to life through large-scale 360° projections and interactive exhibits across a 45-minute visit. The format is entirely self-directed, with no fixed group schedule, allowing visitors to move through the projection spaces and hands-on areas at their own pace inside an air-conditioned indoor venue. For anyone exploring things to do in Paris with a cultural or historical focus, this sits alongside the city's broader museum and exhibition offer. The experience moves through several distinct zones. The centrepiece is a 360° projection environment where courtyards, pavilions, and gardens of the Forbidden City unfold around you, giving a clear sense of the palace's scale and layout. Three narrators spanning five centuries, from a 16th-century Jesuit missionary to a contemporary traveller, provide layered perspectives on life inside the imperial complex. An interactive section covers Ming and Qing dynasty architecture, examining how the palace was planned, built, and what its structures symbolised. A dual Chinese and French history timeline runs through the visit, drawing connections between the two cultures across the same period. Tickets cover full access to all projection and interactive zones for the duration of the 45-minute session.

Highlights

• Turn a spare moment in La Défense into a journey through six centuries of Forbidden City history, all in a 45 minute escape right here in Paris.
• Enter La Cité de l'Histoire with your included ticket, then follow a self paced route at your own rhythm through this indoor immersive space.
• Move between hands-on zones on Ming and Qing dynasties, architectural feats and a Chinese French timeline, in an air-conditioned venue.
• Let three narrators guide you through 360 degree projections that surround you with palace courtyards, pavilions and gardens across centuries.

What is included

• Entry to The Forbidden City - The Immersive Experience at La Cité de l'Histoire
• 45-minute self-paced cultural visit
• 360° projection of Forbidden City spaces
• Three narrators spanning five centuries
• Interactive space on Ming and Qing dynasties and architecture
• Dual Chinese and French history timeline
• Air-conditioned indoor venue, ideal in any weather

Not included

• Transport to and from the venue
• Food and drinks

Cancellation terms

These tickets cannot be cancelled or rescheduled.