Franklin D. Roosevelt: station history
Served by: metro lines 1 and 9.
Did you know?
The station was first called « Marbeuf », after rue Marbeuf, next to the former Marbeuf garden; the line 9 station was called « Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées ». Long independent, the two stations were joined by a connecting corridor under the name « Marbeuf - Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées ». It took its current name when avenue Victor-Emmanuel III became avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, in tribute to the American president, an ally in the Second World War. The two stops are about 200 m apart.
Anecdote
In the 1950s, the platforms of lines 1 and 9 received a decoration in gemmail, a modern form of stained glass, which earned the station the nickname « station-musée » (museum station); the gemmail panels, removed from the platforms in the 2000s, are now in the ticket hall. Hervé Vilard, an 18-year-old orphan, is said to have seen a poster for Capri there and composed the tune of « Capri c'est fini » in seven minutes. An entrance appears in the film See You Up There (2017).
Audio guide
The Palace of Discovery, an expected reopening
Closed for more than five years, the Palais de la découverte is finally preparing for its return.
It was born in 1937, for the Universal Exhibition, under the impetus of the physicist and Nobel laureate Jean Perrin. His idea: take science out of laboratories and show it live, with experiments carried out in front of the public by mediators. He moved to the Palais d 'Antin, the west wing of the Grand Palais. ⚡
Its demonstrations, its π room, its planetarium: generations of schoolchildren have caught the virus of curiosity there.
After the work on the Grand Palais, the reopening was set for June 11, 2025... then cancelled a few weeks before, in the concern of the scientific community. The new objective: early 2027, in its historical setting. See you then to check that science always has its place in beautiful neighborhoods!
Around Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Grand Palais, 650 m away — Built from 1897 for the 1900 Universal Exposition, it houses a 13,500 m² nave under a 17,500 m² glass roof, described as the largest in Europe. It reopened in October 2024 after four years of restoration.
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 140 m away — 1,910 m long, the avenue grew from the axis laid out by Le Nôtre, completed in 1724. Its name recalls the Elysian Fields of Greek mythology. Every year it hosts the 14 July parade and the finish of the Tour de France.
- Théâtre Marigny, 600 m away — A 19th-century theatre nestled in the Champs-Élysées gardens, devoted to boulevard theatre.