                                                  Please help us to showcase and protect our common heritage and make the museum visit a pleasant experience for everyone.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    © Aristéas 2016
                                                                                                      Passage                                                      Pyramid
                                                                                                      Richelieu                   Palais-Royal                     Main entrance
                                                                                                                                  Musée du Louvre
                                                                               The river Seine
                                                                                                      Carrousel
                                                                                                      entrance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Porte
                                                                                    oli                                                                                                                            des Lions
                                                                          Rue de Riv                                                                                                                                                                         Tuileries

                                                                                                                 WELCOME                                                                                                        Carrousel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Garden
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Garden



                                      Porte
                                      des Arts                                 MUSEUM MAP
                                                                              MUSEUM MAP                                                                                                                                                                                    Porte
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            des Arts



                                                       Tuileries
                                                                    Carrousel
                                                                      Garden                                     WELCOME
                                                       Garden                                                                                                                                                         Rue de Riv
                                                                              Porte                                                                                                                              oli
                                                                          des Lions
                                                                                                                                                                Carrousel
                                                                                                                                                                entrance
                                                                                                                                                                                                 The river Seine
                                                                                                                  Palais-Royal
                                                                                                 Pyramid          Musée du Louvre                               Passage

© Aristéas 2016
                                                                                                 Main entrance                                                  Richelieu


                                                 Please help us to showcase and protect our common heritage and make the museum visit a pleasant experience for everyone.




                           WELCOME TO THE LOUVRE                                                                                  PRACTICAL INFORMATION
                           The origin of the Louvre dates back to the 1200s. Once a                                                                                                                                                                       Some museum spaces may be closed for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          maintenance or due to degraded environmental
                                                                                                                               Official audio guide                                     Cafés and restaurants                                             conditions or technical issues.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Before your visit, be sure to check the
                           royal residence, it became a museum in 1793 during the                                              Rent your audio guide at the ticket
                                                                                                                               area (Level -2) and collect it at
                                                                                                                                                                                        A wide range of cafés, restaurants
                                                                                                                                                                                        and tea rooms, as well as the Louvre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          schedule of open rooms.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          See the list of available galleries at:
                                                                                                                               the Sully and Denon counters on                          bakery, at the heart of the museum.                               louvre.fr/en/visit/list-of-available-galleries
                           French Revolution and is now home to artworks dating                                                Level -1.                                                If the weather allows, head to the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Info : contact.louvre.fr +33 (0)1 40 20 53 17

                                                                                                                                                                                        Mollien, Richelieu or Colbert cafés                               Dominique-Vivant Denon
                           from the 7th millennium BC to the 1850s. The collections                                                                                                     to enjoy the beautiful views of the
                                                                                                                                                                                        Pyramid from their terraces.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Research Centre (Porte des Arts)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A research and resource centre,
                                                                                                                               Activities, tours and workshops                          www.louvre.fr/en/visit/restaurants-cafes                          open to individuals on Wednesdays,
                           are displayed on five levels, in three interconnecting wings                                        Group reception area                                                                                                       Thursdays and Fridays, 1 p.m.–5 p.m.
                                                                                                                               under the Pyramid, Level -2                                                                  www.louvre.fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Viewing room for prints and
                           named after three prominent figures from French history:                                            Studio, Level -1 of the Richelieu                                                  Follow us on social                     drawings (Porte des Lions)
                                                                                                                               wing                                                                               media to keep up                        Open Monday to Friday from 1 p.m.
                           Sully (1559–1641), chief minister of King Henri IV,                                                                                                                                    to date with life at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the Louvre.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          to 6 p.m. by prior request. Contact:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          cabinet-des-dessins@louvre.fr
                           Richelieu (1585–1642), chief minister of King Louis XIII, and                                       Walking sticks, folding stools,
                                                                                                                               pushchairs, baby carriers and                                                                                                   Visitor experience survey:
                                                                                                                               wheelchairs are available free of
                           Denon (1747–1825), first director of the Musée du Louvre.                                           charge for visitors who need them.                       Museum                                                                SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK
                                                                                                                               Visitor assistance area, Level -2                        Every day except on Tuesdays, from
                                                                                                                                                                                        9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and until 9 p.m. on
                                                                                                                                                                                        Wednesdays and Fridays.
                                                                                                                                                                                        Rooms begin closing at 5:30 p.m.,
                                                                                                                               The main Book and Gift Shop                              or at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays
                                                                                                                               in the Allée du Grand Louvre is                          and Fridays.
                                                                                                                               open every day except on Tues-
                                                                                                                               days, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.,
                                                                                                                               and until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays
                                                                                                                               and Fridays.                                                Please help us to showcase and protect our common heritage
                                                                                                                                                                                          and make the museum visit a pleasant experience for everyone.




                  RICHELIEU WING                                                                                                  SULLy WING
                                                                                                     LEVEL 0                                                                                                                                                    LEVELs 0 and 1
                                                                                                     Near Eastern                                                                                                                                               Egyptian Antiquities
                                                                                                     Antiquities /                                                                                                                                              (4000–30 BC)
                                                                                                     Mesopotamia /
                                                                                                     Iran
                                                                                                     (5000 BC–AD 700)
                                                                                                     LEVEL 1                                                      LEVEL -1                                                                                      LEVEL 1
                                                                                                     Decorative Arts /                                            History of the Louvre                                                                         Decorative Arts /
                                                 LEVEL -1
                                                                                                     Europe                                                       The Medieval Louvre                                                                           Europe
                                                 The Studio
                                                                                                     (500–1850)                                                                                                                                                 (1650–1800)
                                                 The Studio is a space to relax,
                                                 interact and enjoy a wide
                                                 variety of events and other
                                                 programming. Freely accessible                      LEVEL 2                                                      LEVEL 0                                                                                       LEVEL 1
                                                 with a museum admission ticket,                     Paintings /                                                  Near Eastern                                                                                  Greek and Italic
                                                 it offers families and other                        Northern Europe                                              Antiquities / Iran /                                                                          Antiquities
                                                 visitors a new way to discover                      (1350–1850)                                                  The Levant / Arabia                                                                           (1000 BC–AD 500)
                                                 the museum and its collections.                                                                                  (7500 BC–AD 700)

                                                 LEVELs -1 and 0                                     LEVEL 2                                                      LEVEL 0                                                                                       LEVEL 2
                                                 Sculptures / France                                 Paintings / France                                           Greek Antiquities                                                                             Paintings / France
                                                 (500–1850)                                          (1350–1650)                                                  (500–30 BC)                                                                                   (1650–1850)




                  DENON WING




                                                LEVELS -1                                            LEVEL 0                                                      LEVEL 1                                                                                       LEVEL 1
                                                Islamic Art                                          Sculptures / Europe                                          Paintings / France                                                                            Paintings / Italy
                                                (700–1800)                                           (500–1850)                                                   (1780–1850)                                                                                   (1250–1800)
                                                Closed for
                                                renovation



                                                LEVEL -1                                             LEVEL 0                                                      LEVEL 1                                                                                       LEVEL 1
                                                Greek Antiquities                                    Roman Antiquities                                            Decorative Arts                                                                               Paintings / Spain
                                                (6500–500 BC)                                        (100 BC–AD 500)                                              The Galerie d’Apollon                                                                         (1400 –1850)
                                                                                                     Closed for
                                                                                                     renovation



                                                LEVEL -1                                             LEVEL 0                                                                                                                                                     LEVEL 1
                                                Sculptures / Europe                                  The Gallery of                                                                                                                                              Paintings / Great Britain /
                                                (1200 - 1600)                                        Five Continents                                                                                                                                             United States
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (1550–1850)




                  ALSO AT THE LOUVRE…
                                                                    The Carrousel and Tuileries Gardens                                                                                                    The Musée National Eugène-Delacroix
                                                                    The Carrousel Garden is laid out around the triumphal                                                                                  Across the river Seine, just a 15-minute walk away from
                                                                    arch of Napoleon I, completed in 1808. To the west is                                                                                  the Louvre, visit the apartment, studio and garden where
                                                                                                                                                                                                           the painter Eugène Delacroix spent the last years of his
                                                                    the Tuileries Garden, created in 1564 by Queen Catherine                                                                               life. A haven of peace where you can discover the secrets
                                                                    de’ Medici, redesigned a century later by André Le Nôtre                                                                               of Delacroix’s studio through paintings, prints, drawings
                                                                    and rearranged several times since. This masterpiece of                                                                                and objects that belonged to him.
                                                                    garden design features beautiful flower beds, pools and                                                                                Admission free on presentation of the Louvre admission ticket on
                                                                                                                                                                                                           the day of your visit to the Louvre or on the next day the Musée
                                                                    groves fanning out from the Grande Allée with                                                                                          Delacroix is open. Open daily (except Tuesdays) from 12 p.m.
                                                                    its view towards the Champs-Élysées. The two gardens                                                                                   to 5:30 p.m., and from 10 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Special evening openings until 8:30 p.m. depending on the
                                                                    are open-air sculpture museums.                                                                                                        museum’s programming.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Visit our website: www.musee-delacroix.fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                           6, rue de Furstemberg, 75006 Paris
                  © Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah                                                                                   © Musée du Louve /Olivier Ouadah                                    #MuseeDelacroix
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               From the Louvre to
                                                                                                                                                                  Exclusive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the Musée National
                                                                                                                                                                  opening hours                                                                                Eugène-Delacroix
                                                                                                                                                                  for group visits
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    15 minutes

                                                SUPPORT                                                                                                                                                                                                              39 95


                                                THE LOUVRE                                                                            Photo credits:
                                                                                                                                      Richelieu wing: © 2015 Musée du Louvre / Michel Denancé, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN – Grand Palais / Raphaël Chipault, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) /

                                                donate.louvre.fr                                                                      Stéphane Maréchalle, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Franck Bohbot,
                                                                                                                                      © 1997 Musée du Louvre / Pierre Philibert, © 2006 Musée du Louvre / Angèle Dequier, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Tony Querrec.
                                                                                                                                      Sully wing: © 2016 Musée du Louvre / Michel Denancé, © 2015 Musée du Louvre / Thierry Ollivier, © 2015 Musée du Louvre / Christian Décamps, © Musée du Louvre,
                                                                                                                                      dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Georges Poncet, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Philippe Fuzeau, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Angèle Dequier,
                                                                                                                                      © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Stéphane Maréchalle.
                                                                                                                                      Denon wing: © 2015 Musée du Louvre / Michel Denancé, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Tony Querrec, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Benoît Touchard /
                                                                                                                                      Michel Urtado / Tony Querrec, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Philippe Fuzeau, © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Hervé Lewandowski,
                                                                                                                                      © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Raphaël Chipault, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Georges Poncet, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais /
                                                                                                                                      Olivier Ouadah, © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Daniel Lebée et Carine Deambrosis, © 2007 Musée du Louvre / Angèle Dequier,
                                                                                                                                      © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi, © musée du Quai Branly, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
                                                                                                                                      Graphic design: Dream On / Museum Gallery Interpretation Subdepartment /
                                                                                                                                      Graphic and Digital Interpretation Division / Printing: Imprimerie Technigraphic, May 2026.
               RICHELIEU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SULLY
               Rooms 800 to 864                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rooms 900 to 952
                                                                                                 The Lacemaker                  The Money Chan-                 François I
                                                                                                                                 ger and his Wife
                                                                                                           837                         814                             822

                                                                                                   Paintings / Northern Europe                               Paintings / France


                                                                                       864            848        855            802         803 814           825
                                                                                                                                                            823
                                                                                                     845                R        801              P          818
                                                                                                                                                             835             830 909                  912          913
                                                                                                       843              836         800                                                                                                         917                 Paintings /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    France
                                                                                                                                                                                      G         902                V/U




 2
  LEVEL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 924
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Cheat

                                                                                                                                                                                                         952                                                                             912


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                940       936               931
                                                                                                                                                                                                                944


 MUSEUM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      C


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Paintings /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Bather
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    France
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         940




               RICHELIEU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SULLY
               Rooms 500 to 564                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rooms 600 to 663
                                                                                               Napoleon III                   The Virgin of
                                                                                               Apartments                   Jeanne d’Evreux                                                                    The Salle de la Chapelle
                                                                                                  544                             503

                                                                                                 Decorative Arts / Europe


                                                                                                       552         557          505       507           517            519                                                                 T
                                                                         564              558
                                                                                                                                503
                                                                                                   548                  R        501
                                                                                                                                                  P         516
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   617              632
                                                                                                                                                                             526 606
                                                                                                     544
                                                                                                                        535     500                         531                            605
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                633                 Egyptian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 635                Antiquities
                                                                                                                                                                                     G          601                   V/U                                                             The Seated




    1
  LEVEL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               636                               Scribe
                                                                                                                                                                                                 60 0                                                                                    635


                                                                                                                                                                                                         663              C                                   640
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      645               641
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              650
                                                                                                                                                                                    703           661                                                   651
                                                                                                                                                                                                            660                     656
                                                                                                                                                             702
 MUSEUM                                                                                                                 70 0                    701
                                                                                                                                                                                         706
                                          W                                                S                                                                                  709               705
   AND                                                                                                                                 K        711                L
                                                                                                                 715
EXHIBITIONS                               726            720                                                                                                           710
                                                                                                                                                                                          708
                                                                 717                                                     712
                                                  718                               716
                                    719
                                                           727
                                           734



                                                                                             Paintings /
                          Access to the Gallery         Paintings /                       Great Britain / Paintings /                       Paintings /             Greek                  The Galerie             Etruscan and
                           of Five Continents           Spain                             United States France                              Italy                   Antiquities            d’Apollon               Italic Antiquities




               DENON
               Rooms 700 to 734
                                                                                               Conversation            Liberty Leading                              The Winged Victory          The Galerie        The Sarcophagus                                  Rooms closed
                                                         The Clubfoot                                                                            Mona Lisa
                                                                                                 in a Park                the People                                  of Samothrace              d’Apollon          of the Spouses                                  for renovation
                                                               718                                   713                      700                     711                     703                   705                   663




               RICHELIEU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SULLY
               Rooms 200 to 236                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rooms 300 to 348
                                                                                                     Christ Detached                                    Statue
                                                                                                     from the Cross                                    of Ebih-Il
                                                                                                            201                                           234

                                                                                                   Sculptures / France                            Near Eastern Antiquities
                                                                                                                         R
                                                                                                  212             218                      219 226                  230                                                                     T
                                                                                                                                                                   229
                                                                                                                                                                                                         308       312              316                                               The palace
                                                                                                                                                        236                  231 305
                                                                                                      206 201       200                                                                                                                         317                 Near Eastern       of Darius
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Antiquities           308
                                                                                                                                                                                               300                        V/U
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 321
                                                                                                                                            P                                         G                                                    F




  0
  LEVEL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                323
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           B                        Egyptian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Antiquities
                                                                                                                                                                                                         348                                                  328
                                                                                                                                      M/N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      338             337
                                                                                                                                                                                          408 347                             339
                                                                                                                                                                                                            345                                                                      Tamutnefret’s
                                                                                                                                                             406
                                                                                                                              403                                                              410                                                                                      coffin
 MUSEUM                                   W                                                       S                                                                           418 419                                                                                                    321
                                                                                                             40 0                   K/L          405
                                                                                                                                                                                          423                         C                           I/J
                                                                                                                                                                                417               413
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Greek
                                                  424
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Antiquities
                                                                       427
                                                  433


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Venus
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       de Milo
                                                          The Gallery of                                         Sculptures /                                                                                                                                                            345
                                                          Five Continents                                        Europe




               DENON
               Rooms 400 to 433
                                                           Sculpture from                                          The Dying                                                                                                                                        Rooms closed
                                                            Malo Island                                              Slave                                                                                                                                          for renovation
                                                                427                                                   403




               RICHELIEU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SULLY
               Rooms 100 to 106                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rooms 130 to 137
                                                                                                           The Marly
                                                                                                            Horses
                                                                                                             102
                                                           The Galerie Richelieu                                                                                                    Exhibitions
                                                                                                Sculptures / France                                                                 Mezzanine Napoléon
                                                                                                                            R               P


                                                                                                                   102           104
                                                                                                                                                105

                                                                                                                    101                                                                              G
                                                                                                                                                                    D/E




 -1
  LEVEL
                                                                                                                                                                        131                           132                     133                                   History of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    the Louvre
                                                                                                                                                                             130                         137          135
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Medieval
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           134                      Louvre
                                                                                                                                                      M/N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      338


                                                                                                                 164         160                              170                                                                                                                        133

 MUSEUM                                                                                                                                                        185
                                                                                                                                                                             173    174
                                                                                                 S                                                                                                             H                                  I/J
   AND                                                                                                                              K/L
                                                                                                                                                               180
                                                                                                                                                 183
EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                       169
                                                                                                                                                              181             179



 AUDIO GUIDE
  COUNTERS


                                                                                                           Sculptures /                                                                   Greek
                                                                                                           Europe                                                                         Antiquities




               DENON
               Rooms 160 to 187                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rooms closed
                                                                                                             Saint Mary                                                                    Cycladic idol
                                                                                                             Magdalene                                                                                                                                              for renovation
                                                                                                                169                                                                               170




                                                                                                           RIC H ELIE U
                                                                                                           ENTRAN C E




                                                                                     Cloakroom                                      Michel Laclotte
                                                                                                                                    Auditorium
                                                                             Visitor Assistance




                                           Metro:
                                    Palais-Royal /
                                  Musée du Louvre                                                                                                                                                           S U LLY
                                                                                                                                                                                                               ENTRANC E




-2
  LEVEL

                                     P                     Exit
                                                                                                                                                               D/E




 RECEPTION
 AREA AND
EXHIBITIONS
                                                                                                                                                            Exhibitions
                                                                                                          Amis du                                           The Hall Napoléon
                                                                                                            Louvre
                                                                                                        (Friends of                                   Group
                                                  Book and Gift Shop                Tickets            the Louvre)                                    Reception Area


                                                                                                                            DENON
                                                                                                                            ENTRAN C E




                                                                                                                                    Please help us to showcase and protect our common heritage
                                                                                                                                    and make the museum visit a pleasant experience for everyone.
