Due to the extremely high temperatures starting Sunday, 21 June, we encourage you to adjust the pace of your visit and protect yourself from the heat. Take your time, wear light clothing, and stay hydrated! All the information you need can be found at https://www.info.gouv.fr/risques/canicule-et-vagues-de-chaleur
Please note that reservations are required to enter the museum. This allows us to provide you with a better visitor experience. Some galleries may be closed during the heat wave to protect the artworks.
Thank you for your understanding.
List of available galleriesSchedule of open rooms
The Louvre is carrying out some major maintenance and renovation work to make the visitor experience as comfortable and positive as possible. As a result, some of the museum rooms have to be periodically closed. In addition, some rooms may need to be closed for weather-related or technical reasons.
On Wednesdays and Fridays, rooms on Level 2 will open at 10:30 a.m.
For further information, please contact us on +33 (0)1 40 20 53 17 or by form.
Due to current weather conditions, the following rooms are closed:
- the Napoleon III Apartments (rooms 535–549)
- the Cour Puget (Room 105 and rooms 119-125)
- Rooms 641–649 (terracotta works)
- Rooms 913–915 (17th-century French paintings)
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Decorative Arts / Europe / 1700–1800 (Sully wing, level 1)
ClosedIt remains possible to walk through rooms 601 to 604, but no artworks are on display.
Galerie d'Apollon (Denon wing, level 1)
ClosedCurrently closed.
Greek Antiquities / Galerie Campana (Sully wing, level 1)
ClosedCurrently closed.
Islamic Art (Denon wing, levels -2 and -1)
ClosedRenovation in progress.
Near Eastern Antiquities / Iran, Arabia and the Levant (Sully wing, level 0)
Closed
Paintings / France / 1600–1850 (Sully wing, level 2)
ClosedDue to current weather conditions, those rooms may be closed.
Roman Antiquities (Denon wing, level 0)
ClosedRenovation in progress.
The Galerie Médicis (Richelieu wing, level 2)
ClosedCurrently closed
Paintings / Spain (Denon wing, level 1)
Partly openRooms 720 to 734 are currently closed.
Sculptures / Europe / 1500–1800 (Denon wing, level 0)
Partly openRooms 400-402 are closed. Michelangelo's ‘The Slaves’ are on display in the Michelangelo Rodin exhibition at the Hall Napoléon (15 April 2026 – 20 July 2026).
Decorative Arts / Europe / 1800–1850 (Richelieu wing, level 1)
Open
Decorative Arts / Europe / 500–1600 (Richelieu wing, level 1)
OpenRooms 501 to 525 will be closed on Thursday 11 June and from Wednesday 17 to Tuesday 23 June.
Egyptian Antiquities / Chronological display (Sully wing, level 1)
Open
Egyptian Antiquities / Themed display (Sully wing, level 0)
Open
Gallery of Five Continents - Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas (Denon wing, level 0)
Open
Greek Antiquities (Denon wing, levels -1 and 0)
Open‘The Sleeping Hermaphrodite’ is not currently on display.
Italic and Etruscan Antiquities (Sully wing, level 1)
Open
Medieval Louvre / History of the Louvre (Sully wing, level -1)
Open
Napoléon III Apartments (Richelieu wing, level 1)
OpenDue to current weather conditions, those rooms may be closed.
Near Eastern Antiquities / Mesopotamia (Richelieu wing, level 0)
Open
Paintings / France / 1350–1650 (Richelieu wing, level 2)
Open
Paintings / France / Large-scale works (Denon wing, level 1)
Open
Paintings / Great Britain and the United States (Denon wing, level 1)
Open
Paintings / Italy (Denon wing, level 1)
Open
Paintings / Northern Europe / 1400–1650 (Richelieu wing, level 2)
Open
Paintings / Northern Europe / 1600–1850 (Richelieu wing, level 2)
Open
Sculptures / Europe / 500–1600 (Denon wing, level -1)
Open
Sculptures / France / 1700–1850 (Richelieu wing, levels -1 and 0)
Open
Sculptures / France / 500–1700 (Richelieu wing, levels -1 and 0)
OpenDue to current weather conditions, those rooms may be closed.
