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The Advent of the Artist, the Louvre’s exhibition – Reopening

The Louvre is dedicating an exhibition to the Advent of the Artist in the Petite Galerie. Halted by the coronavirus epidemic, it will resume from July 5, 2021. Adapted to all, this display will get you accustomed to all “features” used by artists over time.
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Reopening of the Louvre: the ticketing service opens!

The Louvre reopens from May 19, 2021. From this moment on, you will be able to enjoy Mona Lisa, the Apollon Gallery, Middle-Eastern, Greek, and Roman antiques, without forgetting about the building itself, castle of the Kings of France until Louis XIV. Good news, the ticketing service is open!
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The Palais-Royal gardens in Paris, a Parisian favorite

The gardens of the Palais-Royal are one of the most popular spots for Parisians when the sun shines on the capital. We explain why.
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Albrecht Altdorfer, digital tour of the Louvre's exhibition

The Louvre invites German painting fans to discover an exhibition about Albrecht Altdorfer. The occasion to discover this major artist from the German Renaissance, with focus on big orders such as from Emperor Maximilian, and goldsmithery, landscaping and architecture where Altdorfer has been a pioneer. While we wait for the museum to reopen, enjoy the exhibition on a digital tour.
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The Louvre unveils all its collections online

Since we cannot go to the Louvre, the museum comes to us! Now, a giant database has been put online enabling us to discover all the collections displayed or not.
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Musée Carnavalet to let go of Roman numerals in some explanatory texts

Musée Carnavalet announced they will no longer use Roman numerals to number some plates. A choice influenced by the growing number of visitors struggling to decipher these series of letters. Roman numerals are not to fully disappear from the museum, they will be simply replaced by some systems enabling universal accessibility.
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Covid: museums to provide charged digital tours to revive their activities

Months of closure and almost empty cash registers: the health and economic crisis has left museums at sea. To find new sources of income, some of them are trying to launch charged digital tours.
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The Louvre comes to you

The Louvre, as other museums, is closed until further notice. Despite the lockdown, you can still enjoy the treasures it contains thanks to different solutions available on its website. Let’s enjoy a free tour!
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Lockdown: museums' digital collections to enjoy

France is moving to a new lockdown, and we must say that we will sure miss visiting museums! Sortiraparis gives you a selection of digital tours and other digital collections from Paris museums to nicely enjoy from home while waiting for their reopening.
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Museums suffer from this extended lockdown

“It’s heartbreaking, these exhibitions will not meet the public again” Musée d’Orsay president Laurence des Cars deplores. As they must stay closed at least until January 7, 2021, museums are going out of their ways to make sure their programs will survive the Covid-19 epidemic.
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Paris: a reception center for refugees opens in Paris 1st arrondissement

Invited for Le Grand Jury on October 4, 2020 Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo confirmed a daytime reception center for refugees was to open soon. It will be set in the premises of the former 1st arrondissement town hall at the Place du Louvre.
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Did you know? 3 uncommon stories about the Louvre

The biggest museum in Paris, the Louvre, is a mandatory move when visiting the French capital. But how about discover 3 uncommon stories about it?
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Coronavirus: the Louvre restricts its access to ticketholders

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Louvre has announced this Monday March 9, 2020 to limit its access to people who booked a ticket online. The idea? Regulating its frequentation to avoid spreading the virus.
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Soulages exhibition at the Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum offers a retrospective around the immense career of Pierre Soulages from December 11, 2019 to March 9, 2020. The perfect time to immerse yourself in outrenoir on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday.
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The Leonardo da Vinci exhibition gets three free nights at the Musée du Louvre

As the last days of the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition draw to a close, the Musée du Louvre is offering you the chance to discover this event one last time, with three original, free evening events from February 21 to 24, 2020. Let's go and book your place!
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Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Musée du Louvre in Paris - photos!

The Leonardo da Vinci exhibition lands at the Musée du Louvre from October 24, 2019 to February 24, 2020. To mark the 500th anniversary of the death of the genius from Florence, more than 160 works are brought together around the 5 paintings of the master that the museum owns, for a beautiful rediscovery of his life. Don't forget to buy your tickets - they're required to enter the Musée du Louvre!
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La Marquise Acornati Visconti, une femme libre, the exhibition at Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs

From December 13, 2019 to March 15, 2020 the Musée des Arts Décoratifs pays tribute to one of its benefactors with the “La Marquise Acornati Visconti. Femme libre et mécène d’exception” (The Marquessa Acornati Visconti. Free woman and exceptional sponsor) exhibition. The collection displayed gives an interesting overview on art items.
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Officer & Gentleman in the 19th century, the exhibition at the Musée du Louvre

The Musée du Louvre is devoting an exhibition to the Horace His de La Salle collection from November 7, 2019 to February 10, 2020. Entitled Officier & Gentleman au XIXe siècle, this is an opportunity to discover one of the most generous art donors of his time.
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The Louvre opens new areas devoted to the discovery of Islamic arts

The Louvre unveils new areas devoted to the discovery of Islamic arts within its Islamic Arts Department.
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The Louvre limits visitors holding a ticket bought online

Bad surprise for Louvre visitors! The museum has to limit the access to the permanent collections and exhibitions for some hours to the visitors only holding a ticket bought online due to the dramatical increase of its frequentation. Some of the reasons cited being the moving of Mona Lisa to restore the room, changing the whole original visit and leading to congestion.