Louvre Museum
Paris
The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum of Arts, is a national art museum in Paris, France. The Louvre, a former royal palace, is known for its collection of celebrated paintings collected by the French kings, including the Mona Lisa of Leonardo Da Vinci. The museum received 9 million visitors in 2025 and is regularly ranked as the most visited art museum in the world. Twenty-seven percent of the visitors in 2012 were French, while 73 percent were from other countries.
On view
Past exhibitions (5)
Naples in Paris
7 Jun 2023 — 8 Jan 2024
An art exhibition at the Louvre Museum exploring the artistic heritage and cultural influence of Naples on European art.
The Golden Age of the Portuguese Renaissance
10 Jun 2022 — 10 Oct 2022
Portuguese Renaissance painting at its most vibrant
Pharaoh of the Two Lands
28 Apr 2022 — 25 Jul 2022
A temporary exhibition at the Louvre exploring the power and symbolism of ancient Egyptian pharaohs who ruled over Upper and Lower Egypt.
Paris – Athens: The Birth of Modern Greece, 1675–1919
30 Sep 2021 — 7 Feb 2022
Two centuries of Franco-Greek art and cultural exchange
Bouchardon (1698-1762): A Sublime Idea of Beauty
from 14 Sep 2016
The Louvre spotlights Edme Bouchardon, the foremost French sculptor of the 18th century, in a major temporary exhibition tracing his pursuit of an ideal, classical beauty.