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Louvre Introduces Two-Tier Tickets, Lifting Most Non‑EU Admissions to €32

Leaders say extra revenue will fund renovations plus tighter security.

FILE - People wait for the Louvre museum to open as employees at the Louvre Museum vote to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
FILE - People wait for the Louvre museum to open as employees at the Louvre Museum vote to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
FILE - People queue to enter Le Louvre museum Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
Entrance fees to the Louvre are set to rise for foreign tourists from Wednesday

Overview

  • The new pricing takes effect Wednesday and represents a 45% increase from the prior €22 standard entry.
  • Visitors who are neither citizens nor residents of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway will pay the higher rate, including most U.S. tourists.
  • France’s CGT Culture union condemns the differentiated fares as undermining the museum’s universal mission and turning culture into a commercial product.
  • Museum officials place the change in the context of crowding, aging infrastructure and security needs after the October crown‑jewels theft valued at about €88 million, though they have not tied the hike directly to the heist.
  • Operational strains persist as strikes continue to disrupt openings, including a closure on Monday, while some groups such as under‑18s and certain young European residents still enter free.