Musée du Louvre

The Louvre Museum, located in Paris, France, is the world’s largest art museum, housing over 35,000 works from ancient civilizations to the 21st century. Notable masterpieces include the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. Visitors can explore diverse collections spanning art, history, and archaeology, with services like guided tours, educational programs, and family activities. The museum’s official website offers resources to plan visits and access online collections.

Planning your visit

The Louvre is vast enough that a plan matters more than enthusiasm. It holds over 35,000 works spread across former royal palace wings, and most visitors spend their first hour simply navigating toward the Mona Lisa. Skip-the-line tickets deal with the entrance queue; guided and semi-private tours deal with the rest, steering a route through the Venus de Milo, the Italian galleries and the museum's other landmark pieces without the backtracking.

The range of formats here is unusually wide. VIP and private Mona Lisa tours are built around beating the crowd at the museum's single busiest spot. Semi-private small-group visits keep numbers down for a quieter walk-through. There are senior-friendly itineraries paced for shorter days on foot, family formats, and combinations that add a Seine river cruise or a wine and cheese tasting afterwards — practical if the Louvre is the anchor of a full day in Paris rather than a quick stop. Current dates and formats are shown below.