Musée du Louvre

With 10 million visitors a year, the Louvre in Paris is the most visited museum in the world. It has several collections with different themes, such as French painting from the 15th to 19th centuries or Italian Renaissance painting.

Over 1 million works of art

The Louvre houses works by many important artists such as Delacroix, Vermeer, da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer. Probably the Louvre's most famous work is Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, one of the museum's biggest crowd-pullers. The museum owns a total of over 1 million works of art. 

The glass pyramid

The glass pyramid, which stands in the courtyard of the Louvre, is located exactly on the historical axis that connects the steeple of the church of St.-Germain-l'Auxerrois and the Grande Arche in La Défense. This axis is both the main traffic route in Paris and a visual landmark.

Visit

To visit the museum, it is worth ordering tickets in advance and picking them up at one of the advance booking offices, as this avoids long queues at the entrance.

Former royal palace

The Louvre used to be the French royal palace. After the French Revolution, however, it was decided to use the building as a museum.

"The Da Vinci Code"

There are now many conspiracy theories surrounding the Louvre itself, which have been reinforced by the film "The Da Vinci Code", part of which was filmed in the museum.

By bus

You can get here most easily by using the bus lines 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81 and 95, all of which will directly stop at the pyramid of the Louvre.

By other means of transport

You can of course get here by metro, by boat, by metro, by taxi or by car.