What is the Culture Pass for and how can I benefit from it?

Verified 17 August 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)

Are you 18 or younger? The Culture pass allows you to facilitating your access to culture.

To benefit from the Culture Pass, you must reside in Metropolitan France or overseas (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna).

If you do not have French nationality, you are entitled to the pass if you have been living in France for 1 year.

We present you with the information you need to know.

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You're in class from sixth grade to senior grade

You're under 18

The Culture Pass includes a share collective and a share individual :

  • The collective share is exclusively dedicated to funding artistic and cultural education activities carried out in groups and supervised by your teachers. The activities eligible for the collective share are strictly listed. They must be booked by teachers on a dedicated platform.
  • The individual share allows you to benefit from sum of money to finance digital activities, exits or purchases of digital equipment or goods of your choice (book, movie download,...).
How is the collective share of the Culture Pass determined?

The amount of the collective share shall be fixed, for each school, in proportion to the number of pupils enrolled in each level of education concerned:

  • €25 per pupil of 6e, 5e, 4e and 3e
  • €30 per CAP and second pupil
  • €20 per first and senior
How is the individual share of the Culture Pass determined?

The individual share of the Culture Pass is set as follows:

  • €20 at age 15
  • €30 at 16 years old
  • €30 at age 17

The sums must be consumed before the age of 18.

How to use the individual part of the Culture Pass?

You must download the Culture Pass app on your smartphone or computer and register:

Download the Pass Culture app and register

Upon registration, the following documents must be scanned and attached:

  • ID
  • Proof of residence in your name. In the case of accommodation, you must attach proof of residence of the host, a proof of accommodation and the identity document of the host.

Once the registration is accepted, the account is credited with the sum of money.

You must then select on the application the activities, outputs or purchases of digital equipment or goods and pay them directly online.

Vidéo - Culture Pass

The Culture Pass is a mobile application open to everyone that brings together cultural proposals and digital offers (books, concerts, theaters, museums, music lessons, digital subscriptions, etc.).

In the year of your 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th birthday, this device allows you to have access to an application on which you have a credit of 20 to 300 euros to discover and book directly on the application of cultural offers.

You're 18

You benefit from €300 to finance digital activities, exits or purchases of digital equipment or goods of your choice (book, movie download,...).

This sum must be used within 24 months in a single or several times depending on the purchase concerned.

The amount of the purchase is automatically deducted from €300.

FYI  

purchases of digital goods are capped at €100.

To take advantage of the Culture Pass, you must download the Culture Pass application on your smartphone or computer and register:

Download the Pass Culture app and register

Upon registration, the following documents must be scanned and attached:

  • ID
  • Proof of residence in your name. In the case of accommodation, you must attach proof of residence of the host, a proof of accommodation and the identity document of the host.

Once the registration is accepted, the account is credited with the sum of money.

You must then select on the application the activities, outputs or purchases of digital equipment or goods and pay them directly online.

Vidéo - Culture Pass

The Culture Pass is a mobile application open to everyone that brings together cultural proposals and digital offers (books, concerts, theaters, museums, music lessons, digital subscriptions, etc.).

In the year of your 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th birthday, this device allows you to have access to an application on which you have a credit of 20 to 300 euros to discover and book directly on the application of cultural offers.

You're out of school

You are between 15 and 17 years old

You benefit from a sum of money to finance digital activities, exits or purchases of digital equipment or goods of your choice (book, movie download,...):

  • €20 at age 15
  • €30 at 16 years old
  • €30 at age 17

The sums must be consumed before the age of 18.

To take advantage of the Culture Pass, you must download the Culture Pass application on your smartphone or computer and register:

Download the Pass Culture app and register

Upon registration, the following documents must be scanned and attached:

  • ID
  • Proof of residence in your name. In the case of accommodation, you must attach proof of residence of the host, a proof of accommodation and the identity document of the host.

Once the registration is accepted, the account is credited with the sum of money.

You must then select on the application the activities, outputs or purchases of digital equipment or goods and pay them directly online.

Vidéo - Culture Pass

The Culture Pass is a mobile application open to everyone that brings together cultural proposals and digital offers (books, concerts, theaters, museums, music lessons, digital subscriptions, etc.).

In the year of your 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th birthday, this device allows you to have access to an application on which you have a credit of 20 to 300 euros to discover and book directly on the application of cultural offers.

You're 18

You benefit from €300 to finance digital activities, exits or purchases of digital equipment or goods of your choice (book, movie download,...).

This sum must be used within 24 months in a single or several times depending on the purchase concerned.

The amount of the purchase is automatically deducted from €300.

FYI  

purchases of digital goods are capped at €100.

To take advantage of the Culture Pass, you must download the Culture Pass application on your smartphone or computer and register:

Download the Pass Culture app and register

Upon registration, the following documents must be scanned and attached:

  • ID
  • Proof of residence in your name. In the case of accommodation, you must attach proof of residence of the host, a proof of accommodation and the identity document of the host.

Once the registration is accepted, the account is credited with the sum of money.

You must then select on the application the activities, outputs or purchases of digital equipment or goods and pay them directly online.

Once the registration is accepted, the account is credited with the sum of money.

You must then select on the application the activities, outputs or purchases of digital equipment or goods and pay them directly online.

Vidéo - Culture Pass

The Culture Pass is a mobile application open to everyone that brings together cultural proposals and digital offers (books, concerts, theaters, museums, music lessons, digital subscriptions, etc.).

In the year of your 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th birthday, this device allows you to have access to an application on which you have a credit of 20 to 300 euros to discover and book directly on the application of cultural offers.

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