STARFIX Museum Paris : Cinema and Pop Culture in 2027

Paris is preparing to welcome a new address for film lovers, collectors and curious visitors. STARFIX Museum has announced plans to open at Grand Austerlitz in September 2027, bringing cinema, television, comics, manga, video games and multimedia installations together across 3,000 m². The project combines an immersive exhibition route, an events space, a flagship store and a concept café, with an ambition to reach different generations through the imaginary worlds they share.

The date should be understood as an announced opening target. The museum’s supplied announcement specifies September 2027, while the development’s official website gives autumn 2027 for its wider shopping and leisure destination. The material reviewed does not provide a confirmed opening day, admission prices or daily visiting hours.

Original film artefacts and the craft behind screen legends

The first objects highlighted in the launch announcements include an original Darth Vader costume and the taxi from The Fifth Element. They establish the attraction’s emphasis on physical filmmaking: costumes and vehicles that help turn a fictional universe into something tangible.

The museum’s own public profile describes a collection of more than 10,000 original film artefacts, spanning costumes, masks, props, models and miniatures. It also lists concept art, production paintings, matte paintings, storyboards, photographs and filmmaking equipment, alongside original comic art and other collecting categories. This is the institution’s description of its holdings, rather than a statement that every object will be displayed at the Paris venue at once.

The collection behind STARFIX Museum

The supplied announcement presents the holdings as the world’s second-largest private collection in this field, behind that of George Lucas. That comparison is also repeated in specialist reporting, but no independently audited worldwide ranking was identified in the sources reviewed. It should therefore remain an attributed promotional claim. The stronger, more concrete news is the planned public presentation of original film material in a substantial Paris venue.

Trade publication La Correspondance de l’Enseigne identifies collector Arnaud Grunberg, his brother Jean-Michel Grunberg, and publisher Patrice Girod as the trio behind the project. Its report describes a two-level venue and a programme in which objects would change with the themes presented. This points towards an evolving exhibition experience, although individual rotations and their dates have not yet been announced.

From a 1983 film magazine to a museum experience

The name has a history that makes this museum more than an unfamiliar brand entering the attractions market. According to Starfix Productions, the first issue of Starfix appeared on 20 January 1983 with The Dark Crystal on its cover. The magazine championed adventure, fantasy and science-fiction cinema, while also covering other films. Christophe Gans brought together contributors including Doug Headline, Nicolas Boukhrief, Frédéric-Albert Lévy and François Cognard.

There is a fitting connection between that first cover and the new museum’s interest in tangible screen worlds: the publication began by celebrating imaginative filmmaking, and the museum proposes to bring audiences closer to the objects behind it. Starfix Productions also dates Patrice Girod’s revival of the magazine to December 1997. His involvement in the museum gives the project a direct link to an earlier chapter of the title’s life.

The exhibition story has already moved beyond the printed page. ScienceFictionArchives.com records that Monstres et Héros du cinéma opened at Galerie Saint-Jacques in Saint-Quentin on 24 February 2024. Its presentation highlighted costumes, models, sets, creatures and objects associated with films including Star Wars, The Fifth Element, Indiana Jones and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, directing visitors to the STARFIX Museum website and social accounts. That earlier exhibition provides a documented precedent for bringing these collections to a public audience.

Grand Austerlitz connects culture with a changing Paris district

The location places the museum within a wider transformation of the station district. The official Grand Austerlitz project combines transport improvements with shops, housing, offices, a hotel, cultural facilities and leisure spaces. Its plans also emphasise pedestrian connections and new public spaces linking the station more closely with its surroundings. The museum will therefore sit within an area intended to accommodate residents, travellers and visitors throughout the day.

The development’s shopping and leisure website announces 100 shops and restaurants and an artistic route, with the Cour Muséum presented as a setting for dining, entertainment and events. Against that background, the museum’s café and flagship store fit a wider plan to encourage people to spend time in the district. The combination could make a visit part of a longer outing, though the museum’s detailed access arrangements and commercial offering remain to be announced.

What visitors can expect before the 2027 opening

The announced programme is broader than a science-fiction display alone. Television, comics, manga and video games feature in the museum’s stated scope, alongside cinema and multimedia installations. However, the available announcements do not yet identify dedicated galleries, specific gaming experiences or a calendar of opening events. For now, the confirmed direction is a destination combining exhibitions, immersion, retail and hospitality; the precise visitor journey will need to emerge through further announcements. The organisers invite visitors to follow the museum’s social channels and subscribe to its newsletter for updates as the September 2027 target approaches.

Event recap and practical information

STARFIX Museum Paris opening
Where : Grand Austerlitz, Gare d’Austerlitz district, Paris, France. 
When : September 2027 announced; exact day to be confirmed. 
What : A planned 3,000 m² destination bringing together film artefacts, an immersive route, pop culture, an events space, a flagship store and a concept café.