Louvre Museum / Musée du Louvre
Houses impressive collections of around 35,000 works of art and over 380,000 objects. Sculptures, paintings and other works of art ranging from the Middle Ages up to 1850, as well as Etruscan, Egyptian, Oriental, Roman and Greek artifacts are on the display in the museum.
NOTE: If you want to discover the principles of creativity, art techniques, and ancient civilizations, join one of the workshops in The Louvre.
Tuilleries Garden
Between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde, have a break in the Tuillerie garden, pleasant green space right in the centre of Paris, where you can renew your energy from the mighty Louvre museum and continue exploring the area. There are several refreshment cafes where you can have a drink, snack or a light meal as well.
Inside the gardens you should visit Musée de l’Orangerie that is the home to Claude Monet's 360 degrees Waterlilies paintings in the oval basement room. In addition to Monet, there's also works by Renoir, Cezanne, and Picasso.
TIP: Avoid lines by reserving tickets online.
Metro: Concorde
More information on www.musee-orangerie.fr/en
Opening hours 9am-6pm Wed-Mon
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs
107, rue de Rivoli, 1st, M° Palais Royal
Website www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/en/
Boasting some 150,000 objects, this museum has the collections of furnishings, textiles and decorative objects. Created in the wake of the 19th-century Expositions Universelles in Paris, and formerly housed in the Palais de l’Industrie and the Pavillon de Flore, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs was inaugurated on May 29, 1905. Managed by the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratif, its collections were displayed in the Louvre's rue de Rivoli wing, between the north entrance to the museum and the Pavillon de Marsan.
Musée de la Mode et du Textile
107, rue de Rivoli, 1st
M° Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre , Tuileries or Pyramides, Website mode-et-textile
The museum of fashion and fabric holds a collection of fabrics from as early as the 14th century, costumes from the 17th century and creations from famous designers of the 20th century.
Romantic accommodation near Louvre
Things to see and do around Louvre museum
Then continue toward Place de la Concorde and stop by
Jeu de Paume
Jeu de Paume
1, place de la Concorde, 8th, M° Concorde
Opening hours 9am-6pm Wed-Mon
Built under Napoléon III in the Tuileries Garden, from 1909-2004 the Jeu de Paume was used as an exhibition venue for contemporary art. Since 2004 it combined the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de paume, the Centre national de la photographie and Patrimoine Photographique. It includes collections of photography, film, video, installation, etc.
Before reaching
The Bloody Place de la Concorde
The Place de la Concorde is one of the most magnificent squares of the entire world. It is accented by the obelisk which Mohammed Ali, Viceroy of Egypt, presented to Louis-Philippe.
The obelisk is also probably the largest sundial in the world.
Surrounding it are colossal fountains with figures of Nereids and Tritons and on the pavilions that mark the Place with their imposing edifices are eight gigantic stone figures, representing the principal towns of France : Lyons, Marseilles, Rouen, Brest, Bordeaux and Nantes, with Lille and Strasbourg, the two latter fantastically hung with crape and mourning emblems in remembrance of Alsace and Lorraine.
Hôtel de la Marine
2 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris
Metro lines 1, 8, 12: Concorde station / Line 14: Madeleine station, www.hotel-de-la-marine.paris/en/
Architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel built the Hôtel de la Marine in the 18th century.
This XVIIIth century building on Place de la Concorde, former Garde-meuble of the Crown is opening its doors to public. You’ll be able to see the commissioners' apartment, grands salons and enjoy the view of the Place de la Concorde. Initially in 1774, the hotel was the furniture storage of the crown during that later on became the headquarters of the naval minister during the French revolution.
Immerse yourselves in the 18th century and understand how it has influenced more than 200 years of history and witnessed the history of France, from the execution of King Louis XVI to the arrival of the obelisk.
Louvre Museum
Rue de Rivoli & quai des Tuileries, 1er
+33 1 40 20 53 17
Metro: Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre
More information
Opening hours
9am-6pm Mon, Thu, Sat & Sun, to 9.45pm Wed & Fri
Useful Tips
Need a break?
Your tickets allow you to leave and reenter the museum all day. Take a break in the gardens of the Tuileries, or to escape the crowds go to the Palais Royal Gardens across the street, which also have a little playground and quiet cafés under the arcades.
How to Survive The Louvre
No cues entrance
The Carrousel du Louvre is a shopping center beneath the Louvre, with many nice gift boutiques, a Virgin Megastore, tourism office, bank machine, bathrooms, food court, and direct entrance into the Louvre.
Enter by 99 Rue de Rivoli or from the stairs going down next to the Arc du Carrousel.
Decide what you want to see
All of the artworks in the Louvre can be looked online at their website, searchable by type, artist, name, or time period.
Explore the Museum on your own by visiting The Louvre Web site www.louvre.fr. You will find a number of thematic trails designed to give you an overview of the scope and richness of the museum's collections.
Late Night at Louvre Museum
Until 10pm on Wednesday and Friday