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Louvre Museum

Museum · Paris · France 🇫🇷

The Mona Lisa in the Salle des États, the Venus de Milo in the Galerie des Antiques, the Victory at the top of the Daru staircase, Egyptian art guarded by the Sphinx in its crypt, and the Napoleon III Apartments. from its own pages ↗

Only official site
louvre.fr
From the official ticket site: “Time-slot bookings are recommended, including for free-admission visitors.” louvre.fr

Our check

What we established Louvre Museum: the official site is louvre.fr. Its tickets are sold on ticket.louvre.fr, part of the same site. Not the official site: ticketslouvre.com. Its Wikidata entry, Q19675, names the same official site. Our editor reviewed it and signed it off before it was listed, on .

What our tests checked We last tried the ticket link on ; the site refused our automatic checker, so that try proves nothing either way. A person last opened its pages in a browser on . We last read louvre.fr for this page on .

Admission prices
Resident EEA visitor rate
€22
€22.00
Adult Non-EEA visitor rate
€32
€32.00
The museum does not offer reduced-rate tickets. All tickets include admission to the museum’s permanent collections and temporary exhibitions.
Free Under 18s and EEA residents under 26
Free entry
Free
Free All visitors on the first Friday of the month after 6 p.m. (except in July and August) and on 14 July
Free entry
free
stated on louvre.fr/en/visit/hours-admission · checked 2026-10-18 EEA visitor rate €22.00 · Non-EEA visitor rate €32.00 · Under 18s and EEA residents under 26 Free · applicable as of 14 January 2026 · The museum does not offer reduced-rate tickets. All tickets include admission to the museum’s permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. … The Louvre is free for all visitors on the first Friday of the month after 6 p.m. (except in July and August) and on 14 July!

Practical

Louvre Museum: opening hours

9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

9:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday and Friday

✓ louvre.fr/en/visit/hours-admission · 2026-10-03

Louvre Museum: closing days

Closed Tuesday · 1 January, 1 May and 25 December✓ louvre.fr/en/visit/hours-admission · 2026-10-03

Louvre Museum: what should I know before visiting?

Enjoy total freedom as you explore the palace and the museum’s collection. The audio guide is available in 9 languages: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.✓ louvre.fr/en/visit · 2026-10-06

Louvre Museum: how to get there

Metro Palais-Royal / Musée du Louvre (lines 1 and 7) Pyramides (line 14) Bus No. 21, 27, 39, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 85, 95✓ louvre.fr/en/visit/map-entrances-directions · 2026-10-06

Louvre Museum: parking

An underground car park is located at 1 Avenue du Général Lemonnier, from which you can access the museum via the Galerie du Carrousel entrance.✓ louvre.fr/en/visit/map-entrances-directions · 2026-10-03

Louvre Museum: is it wheelchair accessible?

You can access the lobby beneath the Pyramid via the escalators or the central lift (known as the ‘tube’). Visitors with disabilities and the person accompanying them (or their immediate family) are granted priority access (without queuing) to the museum’s reception areas and ticket checkpoints.✓ louvre.fr/en/visit/accessibility · 2026-10-06

Explore the former palace of the kings of France, now the largest museum in the world, and dive into its collection, encompassing nearly 10,000 years of art history.

Not official

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Official rates on louvre.fr, checked 2026-10-18: EEA visitor rate €22.00 · Non-EEA visitor rate €32.00 · Under 18s and EEA residents under 26 Free. Anything materially above is reseller markup.
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