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Palais-Royal-
Taxis Musée du Louvre
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Taxis
entrance Passage Richelieu
Rue de Rivoli Louvre-Rivoli
Plan / Information

Passage Richelieu
Tuileries
Gardens
Galerie Pyramid Cour Carrée
du Carrousel
entrances
main
entrance
Porte des Lions
entrance
English

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Porte des Lions
entrance
The Seine
 Collections
Near Eastern Antiquities Paintings Prints and Drawings

This department presents the
civilizations of the ancient Middle
East, which date to seven thousand
years BC. They succeeded each other
in Mesopotamia, Iran, and the Levant,
a vast territory stretching from the
Mediterranean Sea to India.
Egyptian Antiquities
Created by Jean-François Champollion,
this department illustrates the art of
ancient Egypt by means of two
designated paths. The first is
chronological, from the origins to
Cleopatra, and the second is thematic,
highlighting specific aspects of
Egyptian civilization. Two additional
sections, devoted to Coptic Egypt and
Roman Egypt, round out this
presentation.
Greek, Etruscan,
and Roman Antiquities
This department contains works
produced by three ancient
civilizations: Greece, Etruria, and
Rome. On the ground floor, a
chronological path concentrates on
marble sculptures from the 3rd
millennium BC to the 6th century AD.
On the first floor, the collection is
organized by technique and type of
material used: bronzes, jewelry,
silverware, and glassware as well as
terracotta figurines and vases.
History of the Louvre
and Medieval Louvre
These two rooms and an archeological
path present the architectural history
of the palace.
The collections in this department
cover the history of European painting
from the mid-13th century to the
mid-19th century. They are divided
into three large groups: the French
school (a numerical majority), the
Italian and Spanish schools, and the
Northern European schools (German,
Flemish, and Dutch).
Sculptures
This department encompasses
European sculpture from the High
Middle Ages to the mid-19th century.
The collections contain French works
for the most part, with a number of
significant pieces from Italy, Spain and
Northern Europe.
Decorative arts
The collections in this department –
e.g. objects from the Middle Ages and
the Renaissance, decorative arts of the
17th and 18th centuries, items from
the Diamants de la Couronne collection
belonging to the French crown,
19th-century objects and furniture,
and the Napoleon III apartments –
spans many different periods.
The 18th century decorative arts
section is closed until 2011 due to major
restorations supported by the High
Museum of Art and its patrons: Mrs. Anne
Cox Chambers, Accenture, UPS, Turner
Broadcasting System Inc., The Coca-
Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, AXA Art
Insurance Corporation and The Sara Giles
Moore Foundation, as well as the Cressent
Circle and American Friends of the Louvre.
The Prints and Drawings Department
contains the collection of drawings
(more than one hundred thousand
works), the Edmond de Rothschild
donation and the engraved plates
collection. These works may be viewed
privately by arrangement. Remarkably
rich but extremely fragile, they are
displayed in regular temporary
exhibitions, as well as in the exhibition
rooms of the museum on a rotational
basis.
Viewing room, Department of Prints
and Drawings.
Information: 01 40 20 52 51.
Arts of Islam
On display in this department are
works from Islamic areas including
various countries in the Mediterranean
Basin, Iran, central Asia and India.
Some items used to belong to the
French royal collections. This
collection is composed primarily of
objects made of ceramics, metals or
wood in addition to ivories, rugs, and
paintings from the 7th to the 19th
centuries.
The exhibition rooms used for the
Department of Arts of Islam are currently
closed. A new gallery is scheduled to open
in the Cour Visconti in 2010.
Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania,
and the Americas
This selection of works, on display at
the Louvre since April 2000, is part
of the collections of the Quai Branly
museum.
Find out more about the collections:
www.louvre.fr

Visit rules
The Louvre Museum is starting a new
campaign to make visitors realize the
connection between respect for art
works and preservation:
« Les règles de l’art »
In permanent collection rooms, visitors
may take photographs and make videos
or films. However, the use of a flash
or any other type of lighting equipment
is prohibited.
In temporary exhibition rooms, visitors
may not take photographs or make
videos or films.

As you proceed through the museum, Visitors may not use their cell phone,
you will notice six pictograms: each one smoke, consume food or beverages,
represents one of the six rules to be speak loudly, touch any work of art,
followed on visits to the museum. or run in any room of the museum.
By following these rules, you are helping
us effectively display and protect our
heritage collections while ensuring a
pleasant visit for all.

The museum is under

video surveillance.

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 Practical Information
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75058 Paris Cedex 01.
Tel.: 01 40 20 50 50.
Directions
- Main entrance by the Pyramid.
- O ther entrances: the Porte des Lions
entrance (direct access to the Arts
of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the
Americas), the Galerie du Carrousel
entrance (99, rue de Rivoli, or through
the Jardin du Carrousel garden), and
the Passage Richelieu entrance (for
groups, visitors already bearing a valid
admission ticket, or those headed for
the auditorium).
- M etro: Palais-Royal - Musée du
Louvre (Lines 1 and 7).
- Underground parking lot: Open from
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- Taxis: place du Palais-Royal.
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81, and 95.
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entrance) and at 9:15 p.m. on
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Purchasing tickets in advance
Visitors with tickets purchased in
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or 33 (0)1 41 57 32 28
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This information, including
about prices, is subject to change.
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Museum hours : open every day,
except Tuesday and certain holidays.
- Pyramid entrance: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Porte des Lions entrance: 9 a.m. to
5:30 p.m., except Tuesday and Friday.
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Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., except on
Wednesday and Friday, until 10 p.m.
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and Friday). No evening openings on
public holidays.
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are open or closed on each day of
the week may check a weekly table
available at the Pyramid entrance, at
information desks and on the Louvre
Web site.
Temporary exhibition hours
-E
 xhibitions held under the Pyramid
(Hall Napoléon): from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
and until 10 p.m. on Wednesday and
Friday.
-E
 xhibitions held in permanent
collection galleries: Same hours as
the museum.
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(20 tickets or more)
for tour operators, associations,
comités d’entreprise at French
companies and so forth
-M usée & Compagnie,
Tel.: 33 (0)1 40 13 49 13.
- museecie@rmn.fr
Full prices: E 9.
Reduced price: E 6 after 6 p.m.
Napoleon Hall exhibitions: E 11.
Combined ticket: E 14 for the permanent
collections and exhibitions in the hall
Napoléon; reduced price: E 12
Free admission: Upon presentation of
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18, as well as disabled visitors and those
accompanying them. It is also free, except
for exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon, for EU
citizens under the age of 26. On the first
Sunday of every month, for all visitors.
Information: Tel.: 33 (0)1 40 20 53 17.
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This selection of works and designated
museum tour paths (in French, English,
Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese,
Korean and French sign language)
may be rented at the entrances to the
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Bookstore, shops and engravings
Guidebooks, catalogues, and
reproductions of art works are sold
under the Pyramid and in the Allée du
Grand Louvre (passageway between
the Hall Napoléon and the Galerie du
Carrousel).
i
Information desks
Beneath the Pyramid and at the Porte
des Lions entrance.
Tel.: 01 40 20 53 17.
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To leave a message:
- Tel.: 01 40 20 59 90.
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Wheelchairs and strollers available free
of charge for use.
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For groups of 7 or more, a reservation
must be made in advance.
Information:
- Tel.: 01 40 20 57 60 (independent
groups)
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require a museum tour guide).
Musée national Eugène-Delacroix
6, rue de Furstenberg, 75006 Paris.
Open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
except Tuesday.
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Tel.: 33 (0)1 40 20 53 34.
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(membership center)
Allée du Grand-Louvre, from 9 a.m. to
5:15 p.m., and until 9 p.m. on the days
when the museum is open late.
Tel.: 01 40 20 51 04.
Passes on offer:
-T he Carte Louvre jeunes.
- The Carte Louvre for professionals.
- The Paris Museum Pass.
The Paris Museum Pass
is valid for 2, 4 or 6 days at 60 museums
and monuments in the Paris area.
Prices: E 32, E 48, or E 64.
Places to eat
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Tuileries Gardens
Tel.: 01 40 20 90 43.
- Guided tour: every Saturday and
Sunday afternoon from April to
October, free highlights tour / visite-
découverte in French (starts at
3:30 p.m., lasts about 1 hr 15 mins.).
- Outdoor activities and entertainment.
- Librairie des jardins bookstore (place
de la Concorde).
- Many places to eat.
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 Napoleon Hall
Under the Pyramid
Where collections are located

Denon wing Richelieu wing Sully wing

- Italian and Spanish Paintings - 14th-17th century French Paintings - 17th, 18th, 19th-century French Paintings
- 19th-century French Paintings - G erman, Flemish and Dutch paintings - 17th, 18th and 19th-century Drawings
- English Paintings (Northern European schools) and pastels
- G alerie d’Apollon, the Diamants -D  ecorative arts (Middle Ages, - 17th, 18th-century Decorative arts
de la Couronne jewelry collection Renaissance, 17th and 19th centuries) - Greek, Etruscan and Roman
- Italian, Spanish and Northern - Napoléon III apartments Antiquities
European sculptures - French sculptures - Pharonic Egypt
- Greek, Etruscan and Roman - Mesopotamia and ancient Iran - Ancient Iran, Arabia and the Levant
Antiquities - Arts of Islam - History of the Louvre and Medevial
- Roman Egypt and Coptic Egypt Louvre
- A rts of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the
Americas

Temporary
exhibition –
Hall Napoléon
Metro: Palais-Royal / Richelieu
musée du Louvre.
Access to shopping
area
10
8

1 2 3
Inverted
Pyramid i
4 5 6

7
9
Sully

Denon

Other services and amenities

i Information desk: 7 B ookstore Auditorium (capacity: 420):

10
Reception desk for information 8 Audio-visual room: Lectures, readings, films, concerts
and advice on visiting the museum. Films about the / made for the and entertainment for young
Louvre. The program is posted by audiences (archeology, art history,
1 E space Adhésion the door. Free of charge. literature, cinema, and music).
(membership center) 9 Reception desk for groups Used for 300 events each season.
2 Post office This is the meeting point and point Information: 01 40 20 55 55 or the
3 Souvenir shop of departure for: Louvre Web site – www.louvre.fr
4 Café featuring Louvre publications - Group tours (independent groups) Reservations: 01 40 20 55 00.
5 Société des amis du Louvre - G roup tours (groups with a
6 Shop selling items for young people museum tour guide)
-A  ctivities and tours that individuals
have signed up for.

Guidemap subject to modifications.

Graphic design: Atelier Takavoir / B. Pell / musée du Louvre. Art consultant: P. Bernard. Cover drawing: G. Nicot, chief architect and curator for the Domaine national du Louvre et des Tuileries.
Project coordination: A. Giroux, N. Melissano, musée du Louvre. Translation: Sémantis. Photos credits: D.R. / Musée du Louvre. Printing: Technigraphic. 11/2009.

American Friends of the Louvre

American Friends of the Louvre gratefully American Friends of the Louvre salutes
acknowledges the generous support of its The Annenberg Foundation
Corporate Founder Members: for its major support of the development of
educational tools to enable the Louvre to better serve
Air France
its publics.
Natixis North America Inc.
Sotheby’s American Friends of the Louvre – a not-for-profit
public charity – was founded to strengthen ties
between the Louvre and its American public.
For more information or to make a gift online, go to:
www.aflouvre.org

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Holland Germanic Flanders Netherlands Germany
2nd Floor 17th c. Paintings 17th c. 16th c. 15th - 16th c.

2e étage 18th - 19th c.

R
C B A 29 27 27
25 23 22 20
D E 16 14 36
F 17 12 10 8
28 26 24 21 12
15 13 11
11 9 7
30 10 French French
13 Paintings Paintings
31 6 9
14 14th - 17th c. 17th c.
Flanders 18 Netherlands
32 8
17th c. 15th c.
33 5 7 15
34 37
34 35 36 37 38 39 1 2 3 4 6
French Paintings 19 24 25 28 29 31 34
33 19 35 4 5 17 16 18 32 33 35
33 34 35
26 27 30
The Lacemaker, Rubens Room Portrait of Prints and French P 23 20 36 38
J. Vermeer John II the Good Drawings V
21 37
Temporary 22
38
German, Flemish Richelieu exhibition halls
and Dutch Paintings C 39
G B 40
German, Flemish,
41
36 37 38 Dutch, Belgian,
Self-Portrait,
A. Dürer
The Card-Sharper,
G. de La Tour
Pierrot, once
called Gilles,
Russian, Swiss and Sully A 43 42

J.-A. Watteau Scandinavian Paintings

45 44

Temporary 41 73
46
exhibition halls 72 French
Denon 71
70 Paintings 47
18th c. 48
39 40 41 69 39
Portrait The Turkish Souvenir 49
of Marie- Bath from Mortefontaine, 67 66 65 59 58 57
Madeleine J.-A.-D. Ingres C. Corot
68 64 63 62 61 60 55 54 53 52 51 50
Guimard,
J.-H. Fragonard 40 56

French
Paintings
19th c.

1
The July The 19th c. Renaissance 17th c.
1st Floor Monarchy Restoration

1er étage
R
81 80 79 78 77 76 71 70 69
75 68
74 9 10 11
73 72 67 5 12 13 14 15 16
6 7
8 17 32
82 19 Decorative arts
4 18 31
17th - 18th c.
30
83 3
29
Napoleon lll Middle Ages 2
84 20 28
Apartments 22
1 27
P
86 85 90 91 93 94 A 24 37 42
23 22 21 35 40 43 44 45
87 88 89 92 95 96 34 closed
21 22 23 24 24 25 26 33 60 58 56 38 41 53 50 49 48 47
21 23 61 59 57 55 54 52 51 46
Napoleon III Eagle of Gnome Cupboard Decorative arts 62 20
Appartments Abbot Suger with a Snail A.-Ch. Boulle T
63 21
Egyptian Antiquities
Greek, Etruscan Richelieu 64
22
and Roman Antiquities Pharaonic Egypt, 25
G
65 Chronological Circuit
Paintings
25 26 27 28
Print and Drawings Sully 23
Seated Scribe Amenophis IV - The Winged Coronation
Akhenaton Victory of Crown
Samothrace of Louis XV Temporary exhibition La Chapelle temporary
halls exhibition hall 24

Large-Format Bronzes Terracotta 25 26

French Paintings Denon and precious Objects 32
26
29 30 31 32
26
Mona Lisa, The Wedding Feast The Raft of the The Club- 33
L. de Vinci at Cana, Véronèse Medusa, T. Géricault Footed Boy,
J. de Ribera 34 35 36 37 38 30 29 28 27
27
77 76 75
74 46
47 closed 45 39 41 42 43 44
31 40
11 7 K
S 29 L 1
10 66 C
4
6 2
Mollien temporary 9
25 23 21 19 Pre-classical Greek
24 22 20 exhibition halls 30
32
14 13 3
Greece Ceramics
32 26 28
English Paintings 5
12 8
33 31 29 27 17 15
30 28 18 16
Current events
W Spanish Italian Paintings Italian Paintings Italian Paintings Apollo
Paintings 17th - 18th c. 16th - 17th c. 13th - 15th c. Gallery

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French Sculptures French Sculptures
Ground Floor 5th - 18th c. 18th - 19th c.

Rez-de-Chaussée R
Mesopotamia
14 15 16 18
17 26 27 28 30 CLOSED
13 25
19 29 31 32 33 5
12 24 23 22 21 10
3 Antique Iran Levant
11
11
20
9 10 2 4 6 U
Cour Marly Cour Puget
9 V
Cour Khorsabad
8 A
7 19
14 16 17b 18b
9 10 11 12 1 1 13
6 5 4 3 2 1 B
Code of Winged Bull, Statue of 10 11 12 a b
12 13 17a 18a 19 20 21
Tomb of 1 bis 7 8 9 18
Phillippe Pot Hammurabi palace of Aïn Ghazal Sculptures 15
Sargon II P D
12
Sackler Wing
Oriental Antiquities T 16
C
Egyptian Antiquities 14 17
Richelieu Levant B F
Greek, Etruscan
and Roman Antiquities G A Pharaonic
13 14 15 16 Egypt, 15

Capital Seated Statue Aphrodite, Sarcophagus Arts of Africa, Thematic

of Apadana of Ramses II known as Vénus of a Married Couple Asia, Oceania and Circuit
de Milo Sully 13
the Americas

B 12
bis
17 12
17 18 19 20
Denon
Borghese Psyche and The Dying Sculpture
Gladiator Cupid, Slave, from Chupícuaro 17 14
M
A. Canova Michelangelo (Mexico)
N 5 9 closed
10 11 12 13 2 3 6 7 11
6 8
19
4 17 B 4 1
7
18 22 14 15 16 4 5 8 9
16 15 10
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D L 23 C
30 31 19 J
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closed
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24

25 Greek
21
Antiquities
Porte des Lions 20 27 26
8 7 6 4 5 29 28
entrance
Northern
W Arts of Africa, European
Asia, Oceania Sculptures Italian Sculptures Etruscan and
and the Americas 17th - 19th c. 16th - 19th c. Roman Antiquities

-1
French Arts
Lower Ground Floor Sculptures of Islam
Entresol

1
Cour Marly 20 Cour Puget 12 11
2
A 13 closed
4
1 2 3 Arts of Islam A 1 2 3 4 7 10
Horses Milo of Basin, known as 6 8 3 9
of Marly, Crotona the Baptistery Sculptures 5
P
G. Coustou P. Puget of Saint Louis
Egyptian Antiquities
Richelieu
Greek, Etruscan
Richelieu
and Roman Antiquities temporary
G
exhibition
History of the Louvre
4 5 6 hall
Pyxis Medieval Christ and The Medieval Louvre
of al-Mughira Moat Abbot Mena
Temporary i Entrée
Sortie Sully 5
exhibition halls Temporary
H exhibition
hall

7 8
Tactile
Woman’s St. Mary
Gallery
Denon
Portrait Magdalene, I
G. Erhart M
J
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3 2 1 1closed 3 1

S A K
B L B C 6
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closed Coptic Egypt
8 C
7

Northern
Spanish European Italian
Sculptures Sculptures Sculptures Roman Pre-classical
11th - 15th c. 12th - 16th c. 11th - 15th c. Egypt Greece

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