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Opening Hours : Schedule of Room Closures

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Schedule of room closures
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Schedule of Room Closures


The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and until 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday.
It is closed on Tuesday.

The museum does not have enough staff to keep the entire museum open every day.
Each of the museum's eight departments schedules which of its rooms will be open on which days. Before visiting the museum, be sure to check the Schedule of room closures available at the bottom of the page (valid until February 2010).
<span  class=txtLegende>Code de Hammurabi, roi de BaBylone<br></span>1792-1750 av. J.-C.<br>Sb 8 <br>Antiquités orientales
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Near Eastern Antiquities


The rooms of the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities are open every day except Tuesday.
<span class=txtLegende>Plat au cavalier fauconnier<br></span>Début du XIIIe siècle<br>MAO 440<br>Arts de l'Islam
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Islamic Art


Due to reorganization works, the Department of Islamic Art is entirely closed since January 7, 2008. The new Islamic Art rooms in the Cour Visconti are scheduled to open in May 2010.
<span class=txtLegende>Le Scribe accroupi<br></span>Ancien Empire, IVe dynastie (?), vers 2620-2500 avant J.-C.<br>E 3023<br>Antiquités égyptiennes
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Egyptian Antiquities


Due to renovation works, rooms A (Roman Egypt), B and C (Coptic Egypt) will be closed until December 2010.
All other rooms of the Department are open every day except Tuesday.
<span class=txtLegende>Aphrodite, dite Vénus de Milo<br></span>Vres 100 avant J.-C.<br>N° d'entrée LL 299 (n° usuel Ma 399)<br>Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines
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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities


Rooms 1 to 3 (pre-classical Greece), Denon wing, lower ground floor, will be closed until 2010.
All other rooms of the Department are open every day except Tuesday.
<strong>Guillaume Ier COUSTOU</strong><br><span class=txtLegende>Chevaux retenus par un palefrenier dit Chevaux de Marly</span><br>1745<br>M.R. 1802<br>Sculptures
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Sculptures


The rooms of the Department of Sculptures are open every day except Tuesday.
<span class=txtLegende>Nef en lapis-lazuli<br></span>Pierre : XVIe siècle ;<br>Monture : vers 1670<br>MR 262<br>Objets d'art
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Decorative Arts


The Apollo Gallery (Room of the Crown Diamonds) is open every day except Tuesday.
Rooms 8 to 20 and 27 to 32 (15th-18th centuries) are closed on Friday night.
Rooms 75 to 81 (19th century furniture) are closed on Thursday and on Friday night.
Rooms 35 to 61 (17th–18th centuries) are closed for renovation.
All other rooms of the Department are open every day except Tuesday.
<strong>LEONARD DE VINCI (Vinci, 1452 - Château de Cloux, près d'Amboise, 1519)</strong><br><span class=txtLegende>Draperie pour une figure assise<br></span>Année 1470<br>INV2255<br>Arts graphiques
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Paintings, Prints, and Drawings


Rooms 5 to 16 (Netherlands, Germany) are closed on Friday night opening.
Rooms A to F (Flanders, Holland, Scandinavia, and Russia) are closed on Thursday, and on Friday night opening.
Rooms 15 to 25 and 27 to 31 will be closed until November 2009.
Rooms 34 to 49 (14th–18th century France) are closed on Thursday.
Rooms 50 to 73 (19th century France, small format) are closed on Thursday.
All other rooms of the Department are open every day except Tuesday.

History of the Louvre


The rooms devoted to the history of the Louvre are closed on Wednesday and Friday night openings.
Sculpture from Chupicuaro, Mexico, 7th-2nd century BC, terracotta, Musée du Quai Branly
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Arts and Civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas


The rooms devoted to the Arts and Civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas are open every day except Tuesday and Friday.
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Schedule of room closures (valid until February 2010)

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