Louvre Museum Tickets
Louvre Museum: Visitor Highlights
Picture Perfect #MonaLisa
Louvre Museum Tickets: Visitor Tips
Louvre Museum Tour: Prepare Your Visit
Quick Facts
City
Paris
Known For
Art, Cuisine & Fashion
Activity Type
Louvre Art Gallery Visit
Yearly Visitors
10.2 Million
High Season
July & August
Currency Required
European Euro
Time Zone
GMT +2:00
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Louvre Museum: Visitor Highlights
- The largest and most famous museum in the world boasts over 380,000 works of art.
- Enjoy the most visited of all the Paris art museums.
- Leonardo da Vinci’s prized Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo the sculpture representing Aphrodite and Marriage at Cana by Paul Véronèse (the largest painting in the gallery).
- Treat yourself to a Louvre private tour combo: Paris City and Art Gallery private tour.
- Enjoy your guided tour by an art history expert through the sections of Egyptian antiquities, decorative arts, Islamic art, Greek, Etruscan & Roman antiquities, and more!
- Explore the world’s most exceptional art house as part of a Paris tour with a Seine cruise!
- Discover the Auditorium underneath the Pyramid: seminars, concerts & special events.
- The oldest public park & perfectly landscaped Tuileries and Carrousel gardens just outside!
Picture Perfect #MonaLisa
- The Pyramid: like it or love it, this controversial sculpture against the neoclassical building makes a great photo!
- The Lamassu: enormous bulls with the heads of men, these colossal & ancient statues are truly insta-worthy.
- Musée du Louvre panoramic shot from Le Café Marly. With your admission to Louvre, you’ll see all this and more!
Louvre Museum Tickets: Visitor Tips
- On Wednesdays & Fridays the museum is open later: stay for sunset views from the upper windows.
- Use the “secret Louvre entrance” of the Gallery at the Porte des Lions on the Georges Pompidou side.
- Remember, drinks are expensive, and restrooms are few & far between when you visit the Louvre museum, so be prepared!
- Most of the descriptions of the artwork are in French only, so to truly understand & appreciate the collection, a guided tour is highly recommended.
- With nearly 40,000 works in 300 rooms, don’t attempt to see it all! Plan ahead and spend quality time with a fine selection of art.
- 2-3 hours is the recommended amount of time to gain an appreciation for Paris’ best arthouse.
- Short on time? Make the museum one of your top stops on a Paris hop-on hop-off bus tour.
- As the largest art museum in the world, it is inevitably overwhelming. For a relaxing experience and to ensure you visit the Louvre highlights, book a Louvre museum tour and let your expert guide take you around.
- If you want to visit outside Paris then taking a Palace of Versailles Tour is the best option to go for it.
Louvre Museum Tour: Prepare Your Visit
- Wear comfortable shoes! The museum is spread over 60,000 feet and you may be walking for hours. Don’t let aching feet distract you from the stunning artwork.
- Hydrate beforehand: there are very few drinking fountains in the museum and the beverages in the cafe are pricey.
- Download the Louvre App on your smartphone, for an interactive map of all the floors.
- This is the second most popular attraction in all of Paris, so expect huge crowds and long lines. If you don’t want to waste precious vacation times in the queue, purchase your skip the line Disney pairs tickets ahead of time.
- The temporary exhibitions in Paris museums change all the time, check online to see what will be showing during your visit, as you may need separate tickets for the Louvre museum and other Paris attractions.