Paris’ Louvre museum is to increase its entrance fee by 29 percent next year. The institution has not increased the price of admission since 2017.
Per a press release, the new entrance ticket to the museum is priced at €22 and takes effect from 15 January 2024. It is increasing by €5 from €17.
With this ticket, guests can explore all of the Louvre’s spaces, its permanent collections, and any temporary exhibitions. They will have access to more than 33,000 works of art and nearly 73,000 square metres of space.
The Louvre said the higher tariff is partly due to an 88 percent increase in energy costs. It will also allow the institution to provide free entry to visitors including teachers, journalists and anyone aged under 18.
The price of admission to the Louvre has not increased since 2017. The latest rise will coincide with the Paris 2024 Olympics, which start on 26 July.
In the press release, the Louvre said more than 3.6 million people have visited the museum for free this year. Most of them were French guests from the Île-de-France region and Paris.
“I am happy and proud to see the French public, from Ile-de-France and Paris, reclaiming the Louvre museum,” said Laurence des Cars, president and director of the Louvre.
New entrance ticket to cost €22
This year, the Louvre limited daily attendance to 30,000 in a bid to improve the visitor experience after welcoming 7.8 million guests in 2022.
“The extremely positive figures for 2022 are tremendously encouraging for all our staff,” Des Cars said. “I hope that visitors enjoy spending time at the Musée du Louvre, particularly those discovering the museum for the first time, who represent 60 percent of them.”
She added, “We are working ever harder to improve visiting conditions and to continue to offer a programme of great quality and a unique array of live performances resonating with what’s on at the museum.”
Images courtesy of the Louvre
