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Book a self-guided tour
What do I need to book?
We advise all groups to book a time slot a few weeks in advance of their visit.
There are two parts to a group reservation:
- Pay the group reservation fee: all groups (7 to 25 people maximum, including exempt visitors) must book a specific time and date for their visit and pay a group reservation fee.
- Purchase a "participants" ticket: this ticket allow for the admission of the whole group.
The number of visitors may be changed, subject to availability, until the day prior to the visit. All reservations must be made online at ticketlouvre.fr by selecting 'Group tickets for the museum' and completing the payment using a bank card. In order to ensure the best possible flow of visitors and to reinforce our online security, the date and time of the visit may no longer be modified once your reservation is confirmed.
The museum’s group visit policy is changing in early 2025. Groups of fewer than 7 visitors with a group leader or external guide will be required to pay a specific small-group reservation fee, granting them access to the same advantages as larger groups, including priority access via the Richelieu entrance, a specific reservation path, the group reception area, and more. More information regarding the implementation of this new policy will be forthcoming shortly.
Reservations available
Group bookings for the permanent collections and for the exhibition ‘Figures of the Fool. From the Middle Ages to the Romantics’ are currently open until January 5, 2025.
In order to be granted permission to speak publicly in the museum, tour guides must hold a professional card. As the reservation fee covers the right to speak publicly, once arrangements have been made tour guides may take the group around the museum at the booked time slot.
Please contact us via email if you are a university professor, curator or researcher and would like to make an exceptional request to speak publicly in the museum.
Be prepared!
To ensure that everyone enjoys a comfortable visit, museum guides and their guests must use their own headphones. Without this equipment, groups cannot be admitted to the museum.
How much will it cost?
The reservation fee (which covers the right to speak publicly) costs €70
Individual admission tickets cost €22 (click here for list of visitors eligible for free admission).
VIP tours: private 90-minute tours for 6 visitors are available for €800. Please contact us at Visites.Protocolaires@louvre.fr to arrange a VIP tour.
What can we see?
On the online ticketing service, you can either chose to visit the permanent collections or the temporary exhibition in the Hall Napoléon:
Book a time slot and individual tickets to visit the permanent collections (temporary exhibition in the Hall Napoléon not included).
Book a time slot and individual tickets to visit the temporary exhibition in the Hall Napoléon (access to the permanent collections not included).
At the end of the visit, which lasts a maximum of 3 hours, the whole group must leave the museum. It is strictly forbidden to continue the visit individually.
LIST OF AVAILABLE GALLERIES
Due to renovations, some rooms may be closed during the week. Please check the schedule of room closures to better plan your visit.
When can we come?
Every day except Tuesdays, 1 May, 25 December and 1 January. Time slots are available between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and until 7.15 p.m. on Wenesdays and Fridays.
