After three and a half months of closure due to the coronavirus crisis, the Louvre will open its doors on July 6. Visitors will be able to admire the 32,000 works that abound in the most visited museum in the world, but by respecting very precise provisions detailed in a press release published Friday evening.
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The routes at the Louvre "will be signposted"
The direction of visits will be "signposted, with no possible backtracking to avoid crossing flows" of visitors, said Friday the most visited museum in the world. The latter may become mandatory in the event of crowds. The situation should still remain reasonable, due to the absence of crowds of tourists, who are usually the most important visitors.
A strict health protocol
Regarding the changing rooms, they will remain closed. Motorcycle helmets, suitcases and luggage will no longer be accepted. The stroller or wheelchair loan, cleaned after each use, will still be possible.
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Entrance, after washing hands with hydroalcoholic gel, will be through the Pyramid with several queues depending on the reservation slots. In addition to wearing a mask (from the age of eleven), the reservation of a time slot is compulsory. Mindful of the plight of independent tour guides, the museum has chosen to accept groups of up to 25 people.
Some collections will not be accessible
The 45,000 m² of the museum is not fully accessible, for some collections, it will still take a few weeks. This will be the case for French sculpture from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, for works of art from the Renaissance, from the 18th and 19th centuries, for the arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas . The lower levels where the arts of Islam are exposed as well as the second floor preserving French and Northern European paintings, will also be inaccessible.
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The Louvre, which multiplied its offer on the internet and social networks during the confinement, had been acclaimed with 10.5 million visits in 71 days, including a considerable part from the United States.