Museum Opening Hours
The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Tuesday and the following holidays: January 1st, May 1st, November 11 and December 25, 2008. The permanent collection and temporary exhibitions will close at 5 p.m. on December 24 and 31, 2008 (Wednesday).

The museum is open until 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday evenings except on Friday, August 15, 2008 (open until 6 p.m.).

Admission to the Louvre is free on the first Sunday of every month.

The Pyramid and Galerie du Carrousel entrances are open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., except Tuesday.
The Passage Richelieu is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Tuesday.
The Porte des Lions entrance is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Tuesday and Friday.

Opening Hours for Exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon
The Hall Napoléon is open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., except Tuesday.
The permanent collections and temporary exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (and until 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday).

Admission Fees
Tickets for the Permanent Collections

€9: This ticket provides full-day access to the Louvre, except for temporary exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon. It is also valid for the Musée Eugène Delacroix.
Free admission to the museum on July 14, 2007 (Saturday).

€6: (from 6 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.) This ticket provides access to the Louvre, except for temporary exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon, on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Tickets for Exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon.

€9.50: This ticket is valid for temporary exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon.
Free admission to the museum on the first Sunday of every month does not include the exhibitions in the Hall Napoléon.

Combined Ticket

€13:The combined ticket provides access to the permanent collections, as well as all temporary exhibitions in both the Louvre and the Musée Eugène Delacroix.

€11: (from 6 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.) The evening combined ticket provides access to the permanent collections, as well as all temporary exhibitions in the Louvre on Wednesday and Friday evenings.

Photograph: Silvia Alonso.

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