- Tourist Information
- Map
- The Louvre Museum in numbers
- Louvre Museum collections
- Egyptian antiquities
- Near Eastern antiquities
- Greek, Etruscan, and Roman
- Islamic art
- Sculptures
- Decorative arts
- Painting
- My list of masterpieces at the Louvre
Tourist Information
| Year | 1793 |
| Type | Museum |
| Getting there | • Car: There are various underground car parks in the area. • Metro: Louvre – Rivoli station |
| Visiting hours | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday – 9:00 – 18:00 Friday: 9:00 – 21:45 Tuesday – Closed Holidays: The Louvre is closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25. It is open on all other public holidays unless they fall on a Tuesday, the museum’s closing day. All visitors, including those eligible for free entry, must book a time slot. |
| Tickets | 17 E |
| Book your ticket/time slot | https://www.ticketlouvre.fr/louvre/b2c/index.cfm/home |
| Location | Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France, Europe |
Map
The Louvre Museum in numbers
The Louvre Museum in Paris owns 615 797 objects and displays 35 000 works of art.
Since 24 March 2021, 482 943 objects are accessible online.
Louvre Museum collections
Egyptian antiquities
The collection has over 50 000 pieces, housed in more than 20 rooms, and includes artefacts from the Nile civilizations which date from 4 000 BC to the 4th century AD. The collection includes The Gebel el-Arak Knife, The Seated Scribe, The Great Sphinx of Tanis, Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
Near Eastern antiquities
The department is divided into three geographic areas: the Levant, Mesopotamia (Iraq), and Persia (Iran). The collection includes Assyrian lamassu (Human-headed winged bull), The Statue of Ebih-Il, The Code of Hammurabi
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman
The collection includes The Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Venus de Milo.
Islamic art
The collection includes The Pyxis of al-Mughira, Iranian tile with bismillah, and The Baptistère de Saint Louis.
Sculptures
Many French sculptures are exhibited in “Cour Marly”
Decorative arts
The works are displayed on the Richelieu Wing’s, first floor and in the Apollo Gallery.
Painting
The painting collection has more than 7500 works. The most important painting, Mona Lisa is in the “Paintings” section, in the Denon wing.
There is also a Prints and drawings collection.
My list of masterpieces at the Louvre
The Inverted Pyramid
The Cour Marly in the Louvre Museum – a perfect place for a photo session
The Roman statue of Tiber
The Wedding at Cana, the biggest painting in the Louvre
Law Code of Hammurabi
Winged Victory of Samothrace (Nike)
The Mona Lisa – the most famous painting in the world
The Louvre Pyramid, a smaller sister of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Great Sphinx of Tanis
