Iéna station
Iéna is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro, named after the Avenue d'Iéna. The station opened on 27 May 1923 with the extension of the line from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin. Iéna is the French name of Jena where the Napoleon's army defeated Prussia in 1806 at the Battle of Jena. It is the nearest station to the Guimet Museum and the Palais de Tokyo, as well as the Embassy of Mexico, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the Pont d'Iéna.
Passenger services
Access
The station has three entrances made up of fixed stairs, which have an original balustrade, matching the railings of the Musée national des Arts asiatiques - Guimet located north of the Place d'Iéna :- Access 1 - Avenue du Président-Wilson - Musée d'Art moderne; Palais de Tokyo, adorned with a Dervaux candelabra, leading to the south-east of the Place d'Iéna, on the odd numbered side of the latter and the Avenue du Président-Wilson;
- Access 2 - Rue Boissière - Musée Guimet, embellished with a Val d'Osne totem, one of the few in the Paris metro to be slightly curved due to its location, adjacent to the museum;
- Access 3 - Avenue d'Iéna - Palais d'Iéna, also equipped with a Dervaux-type mast, located to the south of the square, to the right of no. 7 Avenue d'Iéna.