The Louvre during the Olympic GamesPractical information and programme of cultural eventsThe Louvre during the Olympic Games
The Louvre during the Olympic Games
Practical information
Find out everything you need to know – reservations, opening hours, getting here and more – before visiting the museum during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games!
Compulsory booking
All visitors from 1 July to 8 September must book a ticket ahead of time. This includes visitors entitled to free admission and visitors with membership cards.
RESERVATIONS OPEN
Reservations are open for summer time slots except the following days, which will open in the coming days:
- 18 to 24 July
- 3, 4, 10 and 11 August
- 24 to 28 August
- The first and last time slots of certain days
Days of closure
The Louvre will be open during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, except for 25 and 26 July. The Tuileries Garden will be closed on 28 August.
Opening hours may vary.
Getting here
The museum will remain open to the public all summer long.
The Metro stations ‘Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre’, ‘Louvre-Rivoli’ and ‘Pyramides’ will remain open during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Vehicular traffic may be severely limited in the area surrounding the Musée du Louvre and the Tuileries Garden.
the Tuileries Garden
From 17 June to 25 September, the Tuileries Garden will be partially or totally inaccessible to the general public due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Visit as a group
Both guided and self-guided group visits to the museum will be possible during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Accessibility
Vehicular access for visitors with reduced mobility shall be permitted upon presentation of a digital pass obtained via the Préfecture de Police of Paris.
Exhibition
Olympism. Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy
Visitors will discover how and in what political context the first modern Olympic Games came into being in the late 19th century, the iconographic sources on which they were based, and how the organisers set out to recreate the sporting competitions of ancient Greece.
