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WELCOME TO THE LOUVRE PRACTICAL INFORMATION

To improve the visitor experience,
The origin of the Louvre dates back to the 1200s. Once a royal renovations are currently underway in the
museum. However, access is guaranteed to
residence, it became a museum in 1793 during the French Louvre Audio Guide Cafés and restaurants 90% of the permanent collections on weekdays
and 100% at weekends.
€5 rental of an Audio Guide A ‘Paul’ bakery; ‘Café Richelieu-
Revolution and is now home to artworks dating from (on New Nintendo 3DS ™ XL) Angelina’ (with terrace);
Information: +33 (0)1 40 20 53 17

Dominique-Vivant Denon
the 7th millennium BC to the 1850s. The collections are displayed at the museum’s ticket area; ‘Bistrot Benoit’, a traditional French
Research Centre (Porte des Arts)
collect your guide on Level -1 restaurant; ‘Goguette’ cafeteria;
on 5 levels, in 3 interconnecting wings named after three Starbucks; ‘Café Mollien’ (with A research and resource centre,
terrace); and takeaway counters. open to individuals on Wednesdays,
prominent figures from French history: Richelieu (1585–1642), Thursdays and Fridays,
1 p.m.–5 p.m.
chief minister of King Louis XIII, Sully (1559–1641), Activities, tours and workshops
Viewing room for prints and
chief minister of King Henri IV, and Denon (1747–1825), Group reception area
under the Pyramid, Level -2
drawings (Porte des Lions)
Open Monday to Friday from 1 p.m.
first director of the Musée du Louvre. Studio, Level -1 to 6 p.m. by prior request. Contact:
cabinet-des-dessins@louvre.fr
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media to keep up
Walking sticks, folding stools, to date with life at Visitor experience survey:
pushchairs, baby carriers and the Louvre.
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wheelchairs are available free of
The Pavillon de l’Horloge charge for visitors who need them.
Visitor assistance area, Level -2
Intended to serve as an introduction to your visit,
the Pavillon de l’Horloge will help you understand the history Museum
of the Louvre palace and the presentation of the museum’s Open daily except Tuesdays from
Book and gift shop 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
collections. You will see how the original medieval fortress
The main book and gift shop Rooms begin closing at 5:30 p.m.
became a museum (Level -1), explore the diversity of in the Allée du Grand Louvre
its collections with a selection of artworks (Level 1) and discover is open daily except Tuesdays
the Louvre’s latest news (Level 2). from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

RICHELIEU WING SULLy WING

LEVEL 0 LEVELs 0 and 1
Near Eastern Egyptian Antiquities
Antiquities / (4000–30 BC)
Mesopotamia / Iran
(5000 BC–AD 700)

LEVEL -1 LEVEL 1 LEVEL -1 LEVEL 1

The Petite Galerie Decorative Arts / Cabinet of Prints Decorative Arts /
Europe and Drawings Europe
Learn to enjoy and
(500–1850) (1650–1800)
understand art, its history
and its techniques. From
October to June every year,
the Petite Galerie offers a LEVEL 2 LEVEL 0 LEVEL 1
new theme as a starting point Paintings / Near Eastern Greek, Etruscan
for an exploration of the Northern Europe Antiquities / Iran / and Italic Antiquities
whole museum. The Levant / Arabia
(1350–1850) (1000 BC–AD 500)
(7500 BC–AD 700)

LEVELs -1 and 0 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 0 LEVEL 2

Sculptures / France Paintings / France Greek Antiquities Paintings / France
(500–1850) (1350–1650) (500–30 BC) (1650–1850)

DENON WING

LEVELS -1 AND -2 LEVELs -1 and 0 LEVEL 0 LEVEL 1

Near Eastern and Sculptures / Europe Arts of Africa, Paintings / Italy
Egyptian Art (500–1850) Asia, Oceania and (1250–1800)
(30 BC–AD 1800) the Americas
(700 BC–AD 1900)

LEVELS -1 AND -2 LEVEL 0 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1

Islamic Art Roman Antiquities Paintings / France Paintings / Spain
(700–1800) (100 BC–AD 500) (1780–1850) (1400–1850)

LEVEL -1 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1

Greek Antiquities The Galerie d’Apollon / Paintings / Great Britain /
(6500–500 BC) The French Crown Jewels United States
(1550–1850)

ALSO AT THE LOUVRE… From the Louvre

to the Carrousel and Tuileries gardens
The Carrousel and Tuileries Gardens 5 minutes

The Carrousel Garden is laid out around the triumphal

From the Louvre
arch of Napoleon I (reigned 1804–1815), which once
to the Musée Eugène-Delacroix
marked the entrance to the Tuileries palace.
Beyond the Carrousel is the famous Tuileries Garden, 15 minutes 39 95
a masterpiece of garden design with its beautiful flower
beds and shaded groves. The two gardens also form
an open-air sculpture museum.
SUPPORT THE LOUVRE
Support the activities of the world’s greatest museum by making
a donation at donate.louvre.fr.
© Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah Thank you for your generosity!

The Musée National Eugène-Delacroix American Friends of the Louvre –

Across the river Seine, just a 15-minute walk away from
the Louvre, visit the apartment and studio where Eugène
Delacroix spent the last years of his life. In this historic
building, located in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés,
discover a unique collection of artworks by the great
Romantic painter and his contemporaries.
Admission free for a same-day or next-day visit
on presentation of the Louvre admission ticket.
Open daily, except Tuesdays, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
and until 9 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month.
6, rue de Fürstenberg, 75006 Paris
a not-for-profit public charity – was founded
to strengthen ties between the Louvre and its
American public. For more information on individual membership
© 2012 Musée du Louvre / Antoine Mongodin programmes or on how to make a gift, go to: www.aflouvre.org.
Photo credits:
Richelieu wing: © 2015 Musée du Louvre / Michel Denancé, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN – Grand Palais / Raphaël Chipault, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Stéphane
Maréchalle, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Franck Bohbot,
© 1997 Musée du Louvre / Pierre Philibert, © 2006 Musée du Louvre / Angèle Dequier, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Tony Querrec.
Sully wing: © 2016 Musée du Louvre / Michel Denancé, © 2015 Musée du Louvre / Thierry Ollivier, © 2015 Musée du Louvre / Christian Décamps, © Musée du Louvre,
dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Georges Poncet, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Philippe Fuzeau, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Angèle Dequier,
© RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Stéphane Maréchalle, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Philippe Fuzeau.
Denon wing: © 2015 Musée du Louvre / Michel Denancé, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Tony Querrec, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Benoît Touchard / Michel
Urtado / Tony Querrec, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Philippe Fuzeau, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Hervé Lewandowski,
© Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Raphaël Chipault, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Georges Poncet, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Olivier
Ouadah, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Daniel Lebée et Carine Deambrosis, © 2007 Musée du Louvre / Angèle Dequier,
© RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi, © musée du Quai Branly, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

www.musee-delacroix.fr/en Graphic design: Dream On / Museum Gallery Interpretation Subdepartment /

© Musée du Louve /Olivier Ouadah #MuseeDelacroix, @MuseeDelacroix Graphic and Digital Interpretation Division / Printing: Vincent Imprimerie, September 2021.

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 RICHELIEU SULLY
Rooms 800 to 864 Rooms 900 to 952
The Money Chang-
The Lacemaker François I
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837 814 822

Paintings / Northern Europe Paintings / France

864 848 855 802 803 814 825

823
845 801 P
R 818
835 830 909 912 913
917 Paintings / The Cheat
843 836
800
France 912
G 902 V/U

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LEVEL 924 History of
900 the Louvre
The Pavillon
952 de l’Horloge

936 931
944 940

MUSEUM 900
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Paintings /
France

The Bather
940

DENON

RICHELIEU SULLY
Rooms 500 to 564 Rooms 600 to 663
Napoleon III The Virgin of
Apartments Jeanne d’Evreux
544 503

Decorative Arts / Europe

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564 558 552 557 505 507 517 519
503
548 R 501
P 516
632 The Seated
606 605 617
544
535 500 531 526 633
635
Egyptian Scribe
635
Antiquities
G 601 V/U

1
LEVEL 636 History of
600 the Louvre
The Pavillon
663 640 de l’Horloge
645 641
650
661 656 651
703 660
702
MUSEUM 70 0 701
600
706
W S 709 705 C
K 711 L Greek and
715
710
708 Roman
726 720 Antiquities
717 712
718 716
719
727
734

The Euphronios
Paintings / krater
To the Arts of Africa, Paintings / Great Britain / Paintings / Paintings / Greek The Galerie Etruscan and Italic 651
Asia, Oceania and Spain United States France Italy Antiquities d’Apollon Antiquities
the Americas

DENON
Rooms 700 to 734
The Clubfoot
Conversation Liberty Leading
Mona Lisa
The Winged Victory The French The Sarcophagus Rooms closed
in a Park the People of Samothrace Crown Jewels of the Spouses for renovation
718 713 700 711 703 705 663

RICHELIEU SULLY
Rooms 200 to 236 Rooms 300 to 348
Christ Detached Statue
from the Cross of Ebih-Il
201 236

Sculptures / France Near Eastern Antiquities

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212 218 219 226 230 T
229

308 312 316 The palace of

236 231 305
206 201 200 317 Near Eastern Darius
321 Antiquities 308
300 V/U
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LEVEL 323
B Egyptian
Antiquities
348
328
M/N
339 338 337
408 347
406 345 Tamutnefret’s
403 coffin
410
MUSEUM Porte des Lions W S 418 419 321
entrance 400 K/L A 423 C I/J
405
402 417 413
Greek
424
427 Antiquities
433

The Venus
Access via Level 1 de Milo
Arts of Africa, Asia, Sculptures / Roman 345
Oceania and the Americas Europe Antiquities

DENON
Rooms 400 to 433
Sculpture from The Dying Statue Rooms closed
Malo Island Slave of Marcellus for renovation
427 403 410

RICHELIEU SULLY
Rooms 100 to 106 Rooms 130 to 137
The Marly
Horses
101 102

The Petite Galerie Sculptures / France Studio

R P

102 104 Cabinet of

105
Prints and
101 Drawings
131
D/E G

-1
LEVEL 131 History of
132 133
135 the Louvre
130 137
The Pavillon
134 de l’Horloge
M/N Y
338

160 170
MUSEUM 164
173 174 133
S 186 H I/J
AND K/L
180
183
EXHIBITIONS 169
181 179

Z/X A

Sculptures / Near Eastern Greek

Europe and Egyptian Art Islamic Art Antiquities

DENON
Rooms 160 to 187
Saint Mary ‘L’Européenne’ Panel depicting Cycladic idol
Magdalene a poetry contest
169 183 186 170

R IC H E L IE U
ENTRA NC E

Cloakroom Michel Laclotte

Auditorium
Visitor Assistance
Exhibitions

Metro:

-2
LEVEL Palais-Royal /
Musée du Louvre

S U LLY
E N T RAN C E

P Exit
D/E
RECEPTION
AREA AND
EXHIBITIONS

Amis du
Louvre
(Friends of Group
Book and Gift Shop Tickets the Louvre) Reception Area

D E N ON
ENTRA NC E

These rules aim to help enhance and protect our heritage

and make the museum visit a pleasant experience for everyone.

R
 oom openings and museum hours are subject to change due to the pandemic. More information: www.louvre.fr.

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