After-school groups
Leisure centers, associations, community centers: find all the information and resources you need to organize a visit with a group of children or young people.
What to see at the castle of Angers ?
A place not to be missed
Architecture, textile, gardens, biodiversity, archaeology, prisoners' graffiti... The castle of Angers is a monument impossible to circumvent which lends itself to all the ludic explorations.
To learn the knight's code of conduct, meet fantastic or microscopic beasts, weave, explore the dungeons, discover the secrets of the builders or just takea breath of fresh air, just cross the drawbridge!
© Emma Fonteneau / Domaine national du château d’Angers
Playful spaces in the royal dwelling
ON THE FIRST FLOOR
All year long, you can visit 2 rooms dedicated to the evolution of the castle with large models and videos.
ON THE UPPER FLOORS
The castle presents two temporary exhibitions per year in the 6 rooms of the royal dwelling. Some of them are reprogrammed at regular intervals.
This is the case of the interpretation tour The Apocalypse as if you were there, a playful space to understand the tapestry of the Apocalypse, and the exhibition The Return of the King which evokes through costumes and objects the daily life of the dukes and duchesses.
© Emma Fonteneau / Domaine national du château d’Angers
The offer for extracurricular groups
Self-guided or audio-guided tour
You guide your group through the monument on your own. To prepare your self-guided tour, we provide you with adapted contents, to be found in the tab "prepare your visit". You can also rent audio guides (languages: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian).
RATES FOR THE SELF-GUIDED TOUR
40€ for 1 group of 35 children max. (20€ for groups of young people with disabilities, integration structures, priority education, city policy, priority neighborhoods...) Audioguides: 3€ per device rented, to be paid in addition to the self-guided tour package.
Activities
The monument's educational service offers 9 turnkey activities for young people aged 6 to 15. During these special events, groups are welcomed by mediators, sometimes accompanied by artists, for fun and sensitive discoveries of our heritage.
RATES FOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
90€ or 130€ for the group, depending on the activities (40€ or 60€ for groups hosting young people with disabilities, integration structures, priority education, city policy, priority neighborhoods...) These packages include the group's entrance fee + the activity.
Prepare your visit
Practical (and essential!) information
Visit conditions, rates, reservation, payment methods, picnic, accessibility... Everything you always wanted to know about the organization of your visit to the castle, without ever daring to ask!
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The great moments
Designed for young visitors but also for the adults who accompany them, the "moments chouettes" offer workshops, games and challenges, always accompanied by educational and cultural content to discover the monument. Ideal to prepare, complete or exploit the visit!
Access to the platformAttention construction site !
Since June 2021 and within the framework of the plan France Relance, a part of the ramparts of the castle is under restoration. The northern part (above the entrance of the monument) going from the mill tower to the hanging garden passing by the vegetable garden and the vineyard is temporarily inaccessible to the public.