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A Majorelle visit sounds easy—until you realise the garden, the Berber museum, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech, and the Villa Oasis private garden do not all follow the same
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A Majorelle visit sounds easy—until you realise the garden, the Berber museum, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech, and the Villa Oasis private garden do not all follow the same weekly rhythm. The most common mistake is assuming you can buy at the entrance, or that every site follows the same Wednesday schedule.
The official pages make the practical rule clear: buy only through the Fondation Jardin Majorelle ticket site, then plan your day around which place matters most. As of April 22, 2026, the garden and Berber museum stay open on Wednesday, but the YSL museum and the Villa Oasis private garden do not.

*Image source: Jardin Majorelle*
If you still plan to buy at the gate, you are working with the wrong policy. Fondation Jardin Majorelle moved to online-only sales in January 2023, and its press release says the entrance ticket offices are no longer in operation.
That matters because the official sites also warn that non-authorised websites may sell tickets that do not grant access. The safe rule is simple: only use the official Jardin Majorelle ticket platform, and keep the QR code ready on your phone before you arrive.
Wednesday is not a universal closure day across the whole Majorelle and YSL complex. The official Jardin Majorelle page shows the main garden open every day, and it also lists the Pierre Bergé Museum of Berber Arts open every day.
The two places that matter for Wednesday planning are the Villa Oasis private garden and the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech. Both are currently listed as closed on Wednesday. So if fashion or the YSL museum is your priority, Wednesday is the wrong day. If your priority is the garden itself and the Berber museum, Wednesday still works.
Late arrivals lose more time here than many travellers expect. The garden closes later than the museums, and the final admissions are not all the same. A day that looks flexible on paper can shrink quickly if you arrive in the late afternoon.
In practice, the easiest order is to decide your must-see first:
This is why the best Majorelle strategy is not to ask which site opens first. The better question is which place you cannot miss, then which last-entry rule controls the rest of your afternoon.
The official Jardin Majorelle page also says the garden and museums are accessible to disabled persons—useful if accessibility affects how you structure the day. And because every valid ticket now starts online, it’s worth saving the QR code locally before leaving your hotel, rather than assuming you’ll want to solve it in the queue outside.
One limit matters: the YSL museum hours cited above are the hours currently published for the exhibition period from January 30, 2026 to January 5, 2027. If you are travelling outside that window, recheck the museum’s official page or current press release before locking the day.