Musée Vivant du fromage

I loved the museum and loved the tourguide. We got the cheese tasting with wine pairing and the tourguide was fantastic, funny, and helpful. He kept "accidently" slicing too much cheese for us saying "oops, I guess you get a second piece". I learned more than I thought I would and left with 200g of an amazing 24 month old comte (part of the tasting too).

We had a wonderful tour of the cheese museum and a private cheese tasting with wine pairings. Pierre was a delightful host. The museum explains how various cheese are made and there are also tasting and cheese making classes. They also sell cheese and other accompaniments inc,using wine. Highly recommend a stop and the Ile St. Louis is worth a stroll too.

A very delightful morning spent with an enthusiastic and entertaining instructor! We signed up for the class and certainly did not regret it — it was so much fun. Although we already had some previous knowledge and experience, we also realized how much more there was to learn. The chance to taste our own final products — delicious cheese and butter — was an absolute delight. Truly a memorable experience, and definitely something to do when visiting Paris!

Loved this museum! So nice to be part of a small group exploring the cheese making process and of course tasting lots of different cheeses. They also a glass of wine to go with the cheese for €5. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone who likes cheese.

We almost didn’t go here because we walked in and it looked a bit strange, but we signed up for the one hour tour - and we are so glad we did! The museum itself is quite small, but the tour at the end is the real deal. There’s a cheese maker (who studied cheese at University), who takes you through the various families of cheese with tastings. We got the paired glass of wine, which I highly recommend because who wants to eat cheese dry. We sampled about six or seven cheeses, some of which were made on premises at the museum. The tour group was very small. There was only about five of us who joined the tour that day and so we got to ask all our questions. The cheesemaker was kind and funny and very knowledgeable. She spoke many different languages. All your cheese questions will be answered. With over 3000 types of cheeses made in France, you might as well come learn about some of them while you’re here. We had a great time. Can’t believe it just opened last year, feels like France should have had a cheese museum for hundreds of years already! Also worth noting that we bought cheese here. It was (without exaggeration) the best cheese we’ve had in our whole week stay in Paris. And believe me, we tried to find the best cheese in Paris all week. The museum works with small independent farms, the cheeses they sell are unique and delicious. And fairly priced. Highly recommend the Comte and the Roquefort. After we got some cheeses from here (plus wine and a baguette from down the street), we went for a picnic at the sculpture park afterward. Our favorite cheeses from this entire trip came from this “living cheese museum.” Very memorable. Would highly recommend the tour and especially their cheese counter.

This is an informative and entertaining museum. The master cheese-maker who accompanies the visitors is witty and erudite, impressively bingual in French and English. Learning about cheeses and then being able to taste them too was an excellent way to make the visit truly memorable: you can round this off with a glass of wine paired to the cheeses you try. Definitely recommend and will be returning!

The museum was very interesting but not as educational as we had hoped because of several factors. Our party of 6 had booked a tour in English. Our tour was very large and was a combined tour of both French & English. Our guide was soft spoken and conducted the tour in parts - first in French & then in English. It was confusing jumping between the two languages when the guide had a strong accent. There were bucolic scenes projected on the wall of the main room with constant "Mood Sounds" of cow bells & birds chirping. Those sounds in the small space of the museum made it impossible to hear the guide. For those who wear hearing aids the extraneous sounds are amplified and that is all they hear. The museum is well organized, has very fascinating displays and the cheese tasting was lovely. For a 5 star review we would suggest the following: 1. Keep the group size to no more than 12 people. 2. Keep the tour in 1 language at a time. And 3. Eliminate the extraneous cow bells & bird sounds which are totally unnecessary and totally distracting, especially for attendees who are want to listen to the guide.

We came here to do a tour and learn about cheese. My wife and I are big time foodies that love to learn about different stuff. So a cheese tour was up our alley. We loved the tour. It’s small and quick but interesting. I’d recommend to do this for anyone. Also cheaper then the much more expensive options that are minimum of 70 dollars a person.