The Louvre during the Olympic GamesPractical information and programme of cultural eventsThe Louvre during the Olympic Games
The Louvre during the Olympic Games
'The Musée du Louvre is proud to be associated with the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and to foster the dialogue between sport and the arts. The modern Olympic movement was born in the Louvre's collection of Greek antiquities, which continues to inspire the world to this day.'
Laurence des Cars, President-Director of the Musée du Louvre
Exhibition
Olympism. Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy
Visitors will discover how and in what political context the first modern Olympic Games came into being in the late 19th century, the iconographic sources on which they were based, and how the organisers set out to recreate the sporting competitions of ancient Greece.
Prolongez l'exposition hors les murs, dans le cadre du Festival de l’Histoire de l’Art
La trahison des Jeux
31 Mai 2024 -Table ronde au Château de Fontainebleau
Avec Alexandre Farnoux (Sorbonne Université), Violaine Jeammet (Musée du Louvre), Christina Mitsopoulou (Université de Thessalie / Ecole française d’Athènes), Elisabeth Jolys-Shimells (Musée de l’histoire de l’immigration)
Olympisme moderne et archéologie du geste
3 Mai 2024 - Conférence à l'INHA
Par Alexandre Farnoux, Sorbonne Université, commissaire de l’exposition « L’Olympisme. Une invention moderne, un héritage antique »
Practical information
Find out everything you need to know – reservations, opening hours, getting here and more – before visiting the museum during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games!
Compulsory booking
All visitors from 1 July to 8 September must book a ticket ahead of time. This includes visitors entitled to free admission and visitors with membership cards.
Tickets available soon.
Days of closure
The Louvre will be open during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, except for 25 and 26 July. The Tuileries Garden will be closed on 28 August.
Opening hours may vary.
Getting here
The museum will remain open to the public all summer long.
The Metro stations ‘Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre’, ‘Louvre-Rivoli’ and ‘Pyramides’ will remain open during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Vehicular traffic may be severely limited in the area surrounding the Musée du Louvre and the Tuileries Garden.
Visit as a group
Both guided and self-guided group visits to the museum will be possible during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Accessibility
Vehicular access for visitors with reduced mobility shall be permitted upon presentation of a digital pass obtained via the Préfecture de Police of Paris.
Anticiper les jeux
En groupe ou en famille, en transports en commun, en voiture ou à pied, anticipez vos trajets et vos déplacements en consultant la carte interactive des impacts sur les déplacement en île-de-France.
Préparer votre visite à Paris avec l'application Myparisjetaime.
Five museums for the games
Five museums have got together and need your help to take up a challenge !
Five museums have got together and need your help to take up a challenge !
To mark Paris 2024, the Louvre, Orsay, Orangerie, Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac and Centre Pompidou museums have turned their attention to a manuscript written by Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games. The document contains 5 difficult-to-decipher secret sentences. We know for sure: each sentence relates to one of the five museums. Their meaning is based on a strong link between sport and culture. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help each museum find its secret sentence, with the help of these seven sleuths.
