Welcome to the Louvre – prepare your visit, explore the palace and museum collections and check out the latest news

The Louvre (English: / ˈluːv (rə)/ LOOV (-rə)), [4] or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ⓘ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.

Follow a guided tour for all the key facts about the palace, the artworks and their history. The museum shops offer a wide range of guides, books and art books, together with art objects, replicas and merchandise related to temporary exhibitions and permanent collections. Fancy a break and something to eat?

2 days ago · PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday presented renovation plans for the Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, which has fallen into disrepair and suffers from overcrowding.

2 days ago · The Louvre Museum in Paris will move the Mona Lisa to a newly created exhibition space, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced on Tuesday as he unveiled sweeping plans to expand and ...

2 days ago · PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will take up to a decade.. The renovation project, branded “Louvre New Renaissance,” will include a wide new entrance near the Seine River, to be opened by 2031, Macron said in a ...

Opening hours and prices for the Louvre, Tuileries Garden and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix

2 days ago · Louvre, the national museum and art gallery of France, housed in part of a large palace in Paris. It is the world’s most-visited art museum, with a collection that spans work from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century. Highlights include Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

The Louvre Palace (French: Palais du Louvre, [palɛ dy luvʁ]), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.

2 days ago · Crowd of tourists with their phones in hand, taking photos of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa inside the Louvre Museum in Paris, France on June 7, 2024. Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images.