The Louvre Museum and the Eugène-Delacroix National Museum close this Friday at 6 p.m. and "until further notice", announced the Louvre in a press release. A measure taken to limit the spread of the coronavirus. “All visitors who bought a ticket online will be reimbursed. "
The museum postpones two exhibitions, that on the German Renaissance artist, Albrecht Altdorfer, which was to be held from April 23 in the Sully rotundas, and that entitled The Body and the Soul. From Donatello to Michelangelo. Italian Renaissance sculptures which were to open on May 6 in the Napoleon Hall. No date has yet been announced.
Gatherings of more than 100 people prohibited
The Ministry of Culture called on Friday all the structures under its supervision, including museums and libraries, to limit their activities or to close to the public.
"Gatherings of more than 100 people are prohibited throughout the national territory as of this Friday, March 13, and all the structures of the ministry are invited to refocus their activity around their essential functions, which can go as far as closing the structure to the public ”, according to the message sent by the ministry to public establishments, of which AFP had a copy.
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