About the Museum
The most legendary of the world’s great cultural institutions, this is the imperial treasure house par excellence, featuring countless masterpieces from the world’s great cultures – the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory of Samothrace and Venus de Milo, to name but a few – set in the vast splendour of one of the monarchy’s most stunning palaces. I. M. Pei’s iconic glass pyramid, installed in 1988, is the most visible sign of a new world standard of sophistication in presentation, scholarship and curatorial programming. Enter via the dedicated Priority Access line at the Louvre's Pyramid entrance, or use the Richelieu entrance for expedited access.
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Preferred Notes
Please enter via the Porte des Lions or Porte de Richelieu.
Please click here to book your complimentary ticket in advance of your visit and select options for Louvre members and sponsors.
Please click here to book your complimentary ticket in advance of your visit and select options for Louvre members and sponsors.
Collection Highlights
Healing statue called "Tyszkiewicz statue"
RaphaelHead and shoulders of a woman, in three-quarters profile facing left, with folded arms, c. 1505 - 07
After Bernard van OrleyThe Hunts of Maximilian: The Month of September, 1531 - 1533
Francesco SalviatiStudies of folds for a kneeling figure, c. 1545
Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)Diptych of Jean Carondelet, 1517
Patanazzi WorkshopEwer basin, c. 1579
Law Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, 1792 - 1750 BCE
Guido ReniNessus Abducting Deianeira, 1617 - 21
Leonardo da VinciMona Lisa – Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, c. 1503 - 19
