Louvre Museum
Price 2026

How much does a ticket to the Louvre cost?

Tickets for the Louvre Museum start at €22 for an adult, and entry is free for those under 18.

It is strongly recommended to book online to take advantage of the best prices and guarantee your entry on the desired day ⤵

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The price of an entry ticket to the Louvre Museum in 2026 is €22 (+ booking fee); it gives access to the permanent collection but not to temporary exhibitions.
Entry to the Louvre is free for young people under 18 years old, as well as on the 1^th Saturday of each month, for all visitors.

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The different tickets

You can visit the Louvre Museum in whatever way you prefer, from complete independence to a guided tour; various types of tickets are available to suit your wishes and needs:

• The ENTRY TICKET: this ticket simply gives you access to the museum and its exhibitions. It is priced at €22 (plus booking fee) in 2026.
  
• The ENTRY + AUDIOGUIDE ticket: this ticket, in addition to access to the museum and exhibitions, provides you with an audioguide so that you can take a tour at your own pace while enjoying commentary to understand the works. It costs €28: €22 for entry and €6 for the rental of the museum's official audioguide.
• The GUIDED TOUR ticket: a tour accompanied by an expert guide who has selected the route is probably the most enriching museum experience. Price varies depending on the day of visit and language, starting from €29.

Ticket prices

Entry to the Louvre Museum is free for visitors under 18 years old.

Combined tickets

These combined tickets pair a reserved entry to the Louvre Museum with a guided tour in English of another visit or activity. Check the available time slots and details of the services before booking:

• Louvre + Seine cruise with Bateaux Parisiens
• Louvre + Eiffel Tower with access to the top
• Louvre + Palace of Versailles, gardens and Trianon estate

Delacroix Museum

The entry ticket to the Louvre Museum also grants access to the Eugène Delacroix National Museum (6 rue de Fürstenberg, 75006 Paris) free of charge during 48:00. The standard price for the Delacroix Museum is €7.

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How to enter the Louvre for free?

Every day, people meeting one of the conditions below can enter the Louvre Museum for free.
They simply need to go directly to the collections entrance, without stopping at the ticket counters.

• Young people under 18
• Young people aged 18 to 25 resident in a European Economic Area country
• People with disabilities and their companion
• Job seekers
• Active teachers teaching art history, visual arts or applied arts
• Visual artists affiliated with the Maison des Artistes or AIAP

To qualify for free entry, you must have valid supporting documents on hand.

Do you have to pay to enter the Louvre Pyramid?

Entry to the Louvre Pyramid is free, it is the museum's reception and ticket office. You can buy Louvre entry tickets there and access it via an escalator.

Are temporary exhibitions free?

Visits to the Louvre Museum's temporary exhibitions are normally included in the standard ticket price.

STAYS • Louvre Museum

Many accommodation options are available near the Louvre Museum: hotels and short-term rental apartments. Check availability below:

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OPENING HOURS 2026 • Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum is open every day except Tuesday, according to the hours shown below:

Usual hours for the next 4 weeks:

• Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 - 18:00
• Tuesday: Closed
• Wednesday and Friday: 9:00 - 21:00

The Louvre Museum offers night visits until 21:00 every Wednesday and Friday, an ideal opportunity to enjoy the masterpieces in a more intimate atmosphere.

The best times to visit the Louvre Museum are: the morning from opening & the late openings.
Note that attendance is much higher during the summer period (June to September). There are far fewer visitors from October through March.

Exceptional closure days of the Museum in 2026

• 1^st January (New Year's Day)
• 1^st May (Labour Day)
• 25 December (Christmas)

Duration of a visit to the Louvre

How long does it take to visit the Louvre?
To fully visit the Louvre and see its over 35,000 works, it would take approximately 100 hours, spending about 10 seconds admiring each piece! That is more than 4 days.
In practice, allow between 2:30 and 4 hours for a pleasant visit to the Louvre, with a full day being ideal.

• 2:30 of visiting the Louvre will allow you to see the main works and greatest masterpieces.
• 4:00 of visiting will be more comfortable to enjoy a larger number of rooms and works.
• 1 full day at the Louvre is an experience that lets you fully immerse yourself in the museum's atmosphere and gives you time to enjoy the artworks without rushing. There is so much to see that a day will easily be filled!

ACCESS to the Paris Louvre Museum

Louvre address

Louvre Museum
Rue de Rivoli
75001 - Paris

Map / Directions:

GPS coordinates of the Louvre Museum

• N. 48.860854
• E. 2.335812

Getting to the Louvre by Public Transport

by Metro:

• Lines 1 and 7 at Palais-Royal / Louvre Museum station
• Line 14 at Pyramides station

by Bus:

• Lines 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81 and 95

Carrousel du Louvre parking

The Indigo Louvre parking is located under the Carrousel du Louvre, at 1 avenue du Général-Lemonnier, 75001 Paris. It allows direct access to the museum via the Carrousel shopping gallery.

• Parking open 24:00/24 and 7d/7.
• Maximum vehicle height: 1.90 m.
• Allow about 5 minutes on foot to reach the museum reception areas.
• Parking rates are separate from the Louvre admission ticket and may vary; the rate displayed at the parking entrance applies.

For a brief drop-off, a zone is also provided at Place du Carrousel. It must not be used for extended parking.

Reaching the Louvre by Boat

Batobus at the Louvre stop, Quai François Mitterrand

The Louvre Museum in a Few Words, Figures & Photos

Key figures

• Opened in 1793
• 1989 : inauguration of the Louvre Pyramid
• 72,735 m² of exhibition space
• The Louvre has more than 550,000 works of art, of which approximately 35,000 are on display
• 10.2 million annual visitors to the Louvre (figure 2018)
• On average, 20,000 people admire the Mona Lisa each day

The different wings of the Louvre Palace

The Louvre's rooms are spread across the three wings of the palace: Denon, Sully & Richelieu.
Below are the types of works you can find in each wing:

Denon Wing (the wing where the Mona Lisa is located)

• Islamic arts, Mediterranean Orient in the Roman Empire
• Italian and Spanish paintings
• French paintings 19th century
• English paintings
• Gallery of Apollo, Crown Jewels
• Italian, Spanish and Northern European sculptures
• Greece, Etruria, Rome
• Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas

Sully Wing (the wing where the Venus de Milo is located)

• French paintings 17th-18th-19th century
• Drawings and pastels 17th-18th-19th century
• Works of art 17th-18th century
• Greece, Etruria, Rome, Pharaonic Egypt
• Ancient Iran, Arabia, Middle East
• Medieval Louvre

Richelieu Wing (the wing of the Napoleon III Apartments)

• French paintings 14th-17th century
• German, Flemish and Dutch paintings, Northern school
• Works of art Medieval, Renaissance, 17th and 19th centuries
• Napoleon III Apartments
• French sculptures
• Mesopotamia, Ancient Iran

Louvre Museum Map

Photos of the Louvre Museum

The Louvre Pyramid

The Louvre Museum

The Louvre facade and its fountain

The pyramid by I. M. Pei

The Louvre Pyramid at night

A baroque ceiling of the Louvre

Interior of the Louvre Museum

Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum

Trompe l'oeil by JR for the 30th anniversary of the Louvre

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The Louvre Museum has more than 500000 works stored in its vast reserves and 35000 on display to the public. With nearly 72000 m2 of exhibition space, the Louvre is today the largest museum in the world.
The Louvre is the symbol of France's cultural influence and one of the main cultural attractions in Paris.

In this historic and iconic place, millions of visitors come every year to admire some of the most prestigious masterpieces of art:

• Mona Lisa
• Liberty Leading the People
• Venus de Milo
• Winged Victory of Samothrace
• …

The museum's collections cover all currents of art history from Antiquity to the 19th century. Masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and Delacroix await you…
There are 8 departments in the museum: paintings, Egyptian antiquities, Greco-Roman antiquities, Oriental antiquities, sculptures, decorative arts, Islamic arts and graphic arts.
We recommend planning your visit in advance and choosing the sections of the museum you wish to explore, as it is impossible to see the entire Louvre in a single day.

To avoid long queues and immediately enjoy its rich collections, nothing is more convenient than booking a skip-the-line ticket online and avoiding the wait. A standard entry ticket to the museum gives you access to the Louvre's permanent collection and its temporary exhibitions.

When purchasing an online ticket, a confirmation will be sent immediately to your email address.
On the day of your visit, after passing through the magnificent glass pyramid, you simply need to show your digital or paper ticket.

Official website of the Louvre Museum: www.louvre.fr
Current exhibitions at the Louvre: www.louvre.fr/en-ce-moment