1 Espace Adhésion 9 Audio-visual room: 11 Auditorium (capacity: 420): Napoleon Hall (membership center) Films about the Louvre. Archeology, art history, American Friends Under the Pyramid Metro station: 2 Post office The program is posted literature, cinema, and music: of the Louvre Palais Royal-Musée 3 Souvenir shop at the entrance. lectures, readings, films,
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i 4 for job-seekersfor 4 and disabled visitors, childrenfor 2 under years age. of 18 Free guided tour: in French every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, from April to October. Leaves p.m., at 3:15 lasts approximately 1 hour minutes. 15 Librairie des jardins bookstore (place de la Concorde). Tel.: +33Tel.: (0)1 40 20 57 60 (independent groups) +33Tel.: (0)1 40 20 77 51 (groups that require a museum tour guide). The Carte profesionnels Louvre The Carte jeunes Louvre The Carte familles Louvre Places to eat - Cafés - Cafés - Cafeteria. - Sandwich and take-out outlets. Tuileries Gardens +33Tel.: (0)1 40 20 90 43. - - Outdoor activities and shows. - - Many places to eat. Information desk: Beneath the Pyramid and at the Porte des Lions entrance. +33Tel.: (0)1 40 20 53 17. Visitors with disabilities leaveTo a message: +33- Tel.: (0)1 40 20 59 90. - [email protected] Visitors with impaired mobility Wheelchairs, strollers and baby carriers are available free of charge for use while visiting the museum. Information: +33Tel.: (0)1 40 20 53 17. Group visits For groups of 7 or more, a reservation must be made in advance. Information: - - - - The Paris Museum Pass. The Paris Museum Pass Valid for 2, 4, or 6 days in 60 museums and monuments in the Paris area. Prices: € The information in this document, including price information, is subject to change. Multimedia guide: € € € Musée national Eugène-Delacroix 6, rue de Furstenberg, 75006 Paris. Open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays. Information: +33 (0)1 44 86 41 50. Société des amis du Louvre (Friends of the Louvre) +33Tel.: (0)1 40 20 53 34. Espace adhésion (Membership center) Allée du Grand-Louvre; open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. on evenings with late night opening. +33Tel.: (0)1 40 20 04. 51 Passes available: - -
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Metro station: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre (Lines 1 and 7). Underground parking lot: from p.m.,7 a.m. avenue to 11 du Général-Lemonnier. +33Tel.: (0)1 42 44 32. 16 Buses: 39, 24, 21, 27, 48, 68, 69, 72, 95.81, Vélib (self-service bicycles), station numbers to 1015, 1023 1013 and 1025. Otherentrances:Porte the Lionsdes entranceArts(direct the access to Africa, of Asia, Oceania, theand Americas),Galerie the Carrousel du entrance(99, throughRivoli,de or rue Carrousel),Jardin the du theand PassageRichelieu groups,entrance (for visitorsalready bearingvalid a admissionthoseheaded or ticket, auditorium). the for Free services A coat and bag check service (small bags only), a first aid room, strollers and baby carriers to use when visiting the museum, and a lost-and-found service. Free brochures A number of designated tour paths and brochures are available at the information desk. Activities at the Louvre Introductory tours in French and in English; guided tours; workshop activities for children and adults signed up as individuals or in groups (except on Sunday afternoons, Sundays when admission is free, and holidays). signTo up, go to the group reception desk. Tickets Tickets are valid all day for the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, except those in the Hall Napoléon. They include same-day access to the Musée Eugène-Delacroix. The ticket window closes p.m. at 5:15 (or 5 p.m. at the Porte des Lions entrance) and p.m. at 9:15 on Wednesdays and Fridays. Full price: € Exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon: € Combined ticket: € permanent collections and exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon. Free admission: Upon presentation of the appropriate supporting document, admission is free for young people under 18, job-seekers, disabled visitors and one accompanying person. Admission is free for EEC citizens under 26 and practicing teachers upon presentation of a valid «Pass education»card,temporary the excluding exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon. Services and amenities Visitor information Address Musée du Louvre, 75058 Paris Cedex 01. +33Tel.: (0)1 40 20 50 50. Getting to the Louvre - Main entrance by the Pyramid. - - - - Taxis: place du Palais-Royal. - - Batobus. - Admission prices th th the to 19 Prints and Drawings The Prints Department and Drawings contains the collection drawings of thanthousand (more hundred one the Edmondworks), Rothschild de plates and thedonation engraved be viewed may collection. These works Remarkably arrangement. by privately fragile, they are extremely but rich in regular temporary displayed exhibitions, as as in well the exhibition therooms a rotational on of museum basis. Viewing room, Department of Prints and Drawings. Information: 01 40 20 52 51. Islamic Art in thisOn display department are Islamic areas from including works countriesvarious in the Mediterranean Basin, Iran, central Asia and India. used theSome to belong items to collections. This royal French collection is composed primarily of ceramics,objects of made metals or rugs, and ivories, to wood in addition paintings the from 7 The exhibition rooms used for the Department of Islamic Art are currently closed. A new gallery is scheduled to open in the Cour Visconti in 2012. 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 from the Quai Branly museum. Find out more about the collections: www.louvre.fr century. th th century. 19 th and 18 th-century th century the to 13 th century. They are divided divided are th They century. 19 Paintings The collections inthis department the European history of paintingcover thefrom mid- mid- Sculptures This department encompasses European the sculpture from High the AgesMiddle to mid- works The collections contain French the part, most for with of a number Spain significant Italy, and pieces from Europe. Northern Decorative arts The collections in this department–e.g. objects from the Ages Middle and the Renaissance, arts the of 17 decorative thecenturies, Diamants from items de la Couronne collection belonging 19 crown, theto French objects and furniture, and the III apartments–spansNapoleon many periods. different The 18th century decorative arts section is closed until 2012 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. In permanent collection rooms, visitors may take photographs and videos. 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 videos. Visitors may not use their cell phone, smoke, consume food or beverages, speak loudly, touch any work of art, or run in any room of the museum. into three large groups: the French threeinto groups: large the French school (a the numerical majority), Italian and Spanish schools, and the EuropeanNorthern schools (German, andFlemish, Dutch).
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