Practical information
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Address and hours
Cité du design district
addresses
Galerie nationale du design
14 esplanade Jacques Bonnaval
42000 Saint-Étienne
Accueil – Billetterie – Boutique
Cité du design – La Platine
3 rue Javelin Pagnon
42000 Saint-Étienne
Times
Du mardi au dimanche
De 10h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 18h
Fermeture les lundis, ainsi que les 1er janvier, 1er mai, 8 mai, jeudi de l’Ascension, 14 juillet, 15 août, 1er novembre, 11 novembre, 24 et 25 décembre

Prices
Due to the current high temperatures and to facilitate public access to air-conditioned spaces:
Single price* of 2 €
Entry ticket “Quote Offer” Gives access to the National Design Gallery, Platinum Exhibition Spaces and La Cabane (for families).
For a discovery of theexhibition of the National Design Gallery, Flash tours included in the D-TicketEntry is offered every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 11am/3pm/4pm. meet at theEntry of theExhibition. Duration: 20 minutes.
* Pricing offer until September 30, 2026
Price of 5 € per participant
Thematic monthly guided tours titled “The Complete” or ‘the gallery’ are offered one weekend per month, On a format from 1h30 to 2h. In the presence ofAn expert, discover the exhibitions in progress at the National Gallery of Design and Platinum. Option to add to entry ticket.
A group is made up of at least 10 people (maximum gauge 20 people)
An additional guided tour option to the entrance fee is offered at 5 € per person.
The accumulation of the ticket and the ‘guided visit’ option sets the visit service to the groups formed at €7 per person.
Reservation and information for groups
04 77 33 33 32
reservation@citedudesign.com
Free guided tours are granted for the benefit of schools in Saint-Étienne Métropole.
For other establishments, the price is set at €3 per student.
Visits, workshops (including outside the walls) for audiences in the social field or the field of health (including handicap) are offered on a suitable format and concept.
The price is set at €2 per person.
Information and reservation
reservation@citedudesign.com
It will be applied to each validity scan of the title on the Otipass platform, a retrocession of 50% of the value of the entry ticket, i.e. €1.
Wantonness
- Children, youth and adults under 25
- students
- Seniors (over 65)
- Apprentices, unemployed and social minima recipients
- people with disabilities
- Holders of an ICOM card, a ‘Conference Guide’, a ‘Museum Friends’ card, a ‘Maison des Artistes’ card, a press card
Access

Walk
Fifteen minutes from the town hall square
By bike
Self-service bikes
by tram
Cité du design stop, tram T1 and T2
Parking
- Zenith (210 seats, free)
- Geoffroy Guichard Stadium (200 seats, free)
- Houdin Parking (50 spaces, free)
- Treyve Parking (155 spaces, free)
- Rue Javelin Pagnon / Pablo Picasso (55 places including 1 disabled, paying)
- Rue Salvador Dali (75 places including 1 disabled, paying)
- Place Carnot (48 places including 4 disabled, paying)
Accessibility
- PMR toilets
- Provision of a wheelchair
- Contact us with acceo, Application of video-interpretation (simultaneous translation) for deaf or hard of hearing people. Available on smartphone, tablet or computer.
Mediation
Quatre jours par semaine, une équipe de médiateurs et médiatrices culturels est présente dans l’espace d’exposition pour un échange libre avec les publics.
Le point de rencontre et les horaires sont affichés à l’entrée de l’exposition.
Mercredi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche
Horaires : 11h / 15h / 16h
Durée : 20mn
Jauge : 25 personnes
inclus dans le billet
Thematic guided tours “The Complete”
Once a month, a team of cultural mediators and mediators offers a complete panorama of exhibitions of the platinum and the National Design Gallery in the company of invited experts. These courses are coupled with animations, meetings and events.
Duration : 1h30 to 2h
Guided tours ‘The Gallery’
During the period of disassembly of the platinum exhibitions, this course presents the exhibition in progress at the National Design Gallery, coupled with meetings and events.
Information
Email: info@citedudesign.com
Tel: 04 77 49 74 70
Group reception (school, extracurricular)
Tuesday to Friday by reservation
Email: reservation@citedudesign.com
Tel: 04 77 33 33 32
The shop
Located in the heart of the La Platine building, the Cité du Design boutique invites you to discover a rich and varied selection of articles and books, ideal to inspire your ideas and projects.
Opening
Accueil – Billetterie – Boutique
Cité du design – La Platine
3 rue Javelin Pagnon
42000 Saint-Étienne
Contact
- 04 77 49 74 70
- info@citedudesign.com
Tuesday to Sunday
10.00 am to 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm to 6.00 pm
Closed on Mondays, as well as on 1 January, 1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday, 14 July, 15 August, 1 November, 11 November, 24 and 25 December
