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During your visit, museum staff  are available to respond any questions y'all may have.

Vigipirate

To ensure the safety of all visitors, the Louvre applies the preventative measures decided on by the French government for all public services. All visitors must undergo the security checks at the museum entrances.

Suitcases and large bags are non immune in the museum.

Maximum size of purse allowed

You cannot bring large bags or suitcases to the museum simply lockers are bachelor free of accuse for smaller items.

Delight notation: Any items exceeding 55 10 35 10 20 cm will non exist immune in the museum (welcome area and exhibition rooms).

All items left in the lockers must be collected the aforementioned mean solar day. The museum shall not exist held responsible for whatever items of value placed in the lockers. Delight contact us for further data.

Photography

You lot can take photos and videos in the permanent collections if they are for personal use. Still, y'all are non allowed to use selfie sticks, flash or lighting.

In the temporary exhibition galleries, information technology may exist prohibited to accept photos or videos of certain works.

Loan of equipment

Equipment on loan must not leave the bounds.

Leaving the museum

In society to help u.s. manage the number of visitors and queues, any exit is final.

Respect the artworks

To ensure the safety of the artworks and other visitors, in the exhibition rooms yous are not immune to:

  • Drink;
  • Swallow;
  • Smoke;
  • Brand a lot of noise;
  • Touch the artworks;
  • Run.

Prohibited items

  • all categories of weapons and ammunition
  • tools, in particular craft knives, screwdrivers, wrenches, hammers, pliers and clippers
  • all blunt objects (self-defence batons, baseball bats)
  • any excessively heavy, cumbersome, or foul-smelling item
  • whatever explosive, combustible or volatile substance
  • aerosol generators (dyes, paints and lacquers) containing substances likely to impairment artworks, buildings and/or security equipment
  • any item generating incapacitating or neutralising products, or electrical weapon used to neutralise individuals
  • any artwork or antique
  • excessive quantities of food or drink as determined by inspecting officers at the archway to the reception areas
  • all animals, with the exception of guide dogs or help dogs accompanying persons with motor or mental impairment

Correct to speak publicly

Only those who have been authorised to practise and so are allowed to speak publicly in the exhibition rooms. This includes curators, teachers to their class, and professional tour guides with a let from the French Ministry of Culture or Government minister of Tourism.

Run into the visitor regulations

Respect the gardens

To forbid impairment to the ground, plants and sculptures, and for hygiene and safety reasons, you are not allowed to:

  • use mono- or bicycles in the gardens;
  • walk or sit on the lawns;
  • pick the plants;
  • touch or climb the sculptures;
  • walk your pet (pets are only immune in the cafe terraces);
  • feed the birds;
  • remove the chairs from the premises.

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