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Paris Louvre Museum: Higher entrance fee for non-EU visitors in 2026, Macron announces
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28/01/2025
The announcement comes after the Louvre Museum director revealed the dire state of the famous Parisian arts gallery last week.
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French President Emmanuel Macron had made the Paris Louvre Museum a symbol of his election
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victory back in 2017.
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He now wants to invest in its renovation.
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On Tuesday, the French president announced a major transformation plan after the museum's
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director raised alarm bells last week, claiming that the world's most visited museum is in
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a dire condition, suffering from water leaks and severe temperature changes that threaten
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its precious artworks.
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The president's entourage told us that the estimated renovation plan will cost between
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700 to 800 million euros over 10 years, emphasizing that the project will not burden French taxpayers.
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One of the major announcements included a higher entrance fee for non-EU visitors in
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January 2026.
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This will go towards repairs.
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Another part of the project includes a separate room and entrance ticket to see the Queen
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of the Louvre, the Mona Lisa.
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Currently, da Vinci's masterpiece is displayed in one of the largest rooms of the museum
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and the long queue that forms in front of it tends to overshadow the rest of the artworks
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in that space.
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Finally, a grand new entrance will be built by 2031 to tackle the issue of overcrowding.
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The creation of the new rooms and the entrance will be financed through ticket sales from
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the Paris Louvre Museum as well as the Louvre in Abu Dhabi and also through donors.
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Once renovated, Macron said that the Louvre will aim to welcome 12 million visitors per
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year compared to the current 9 million.
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