Paris: Louvre Museum
Operating Hours:Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 09:00 - 18:00. Wednesday, Friday: 09:00 - 21:45. Closed: Tuesday
The Vibe:Eight centuries of art under a glass pyramid
Once a royal palace, this grew into the world's most-visited museum. Its collection runs from antiquity to the mid-nineteenth century, from Mesopotamia to Napoleon's apartments.
Footsteps echo down galleries as long as city streets. Crowds cluster three deep before the Mona Lisa, then thin among the quiet Egyptian halls.
- The world's most-visited museum, drawing roughly nine million people a year
- Home to the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory
- The largest art museum on earth, with over 35,000 works on display
- I. M. Pei's glass pyramid marks the main entrance
Fit For
- 👵 Seniors: "Step-free lifts and benches throughout keep it manageable."
- 🌍 Culture travellers: "Eight departments span 8,000 years of art."
- 🧳 Solo: "Wander at your own pace; linger or skim as you please."
- 💕 Couples: "A Friday-evening visit is quieter and unhurried."
Highlights
- The Mona Lisa in the Denon Wing, behind glass
- Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace
- The Napoleon III Apartments, gilded and intact — Hidden Gem
- Egyptian antiquities, one of the world's great collections
- The glass pyramid and Cour Napoléon at the entrance
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