PARIS.- The Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors in 2024. Visitor numbers thus remained at 2023 levels (8.9 million visitors) in the rather unique context of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which gave the Louvre global visibility and placed the entire estate – also comprising the Tuileries Garden – back at the very top of the list of the world’s greatest heritage and museum sites.

‘Every year, the Louvre welcomes nearly 9 million visitors. Our aim is to make each individual’s encounter with our collections and this extraordinary monument meaningful and enjoyable, no matter how they engage with art and creativity. In the coming years, we will continue working on new ways for the public to enjoy the Louvre’s collections and the Tuileries Garden as we delight, inspire, teach, provide respite and expand their horizons.’ -- Laurence des Cars, President-Director of the Musée du Louvre

2024 LOUVRE VISITOR NUMBERS IN DETAIL

• 23% of individual visitors were French, far and away the most represented nationality.

• Over 13% French visitors were from Île-de-France, and 10% from other French departments.

• 77% of visitors were from countries other than France.

As in 2023, they were mainly from the United States (13%) and from countries bordering France (Italy, United Kingdom and Germany: 5%, Spain: 4%). Visitors from China started to return in significant numbers: they represented 6% of visitors in 2024 (vs 2,4% of visitors in 2023).

• 28% of visitors enjoyed free admission in 2024.

Note: 65% of French visitors were admitted into the museum free of charge.

• 41% of the Musée du Louvre’s visitors were under 26 years of age.

• 66% of the Musée du Louvre’s visitors were touring the museum for the first time.

• 92% of visitors stated they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with their visiting experience.

Reopened in March 2024 following a six-month renovation campaign, the Musée National Eugène-Delacroix welcomed 56,000 visitors to its ‘Ingres and Delacroix: Artists’ Objects’ and ‘States of (Un)dress: Delacroix and Clothing’ exhibitions.

THE LOUVRE'S 2024 PROGRAMME

The Louvre at the heart of the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP2024)

The Musée du Louvre marked the year’s most notable event – the 2024 Paris Olympic Games – with an intensive cultural season evoking the strong ties between its collections and the Olympic spirit (the ’Olympism: Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy’ exhibition, Mehdi Kerkouche’s workout tours, the ‘Five Museums for the Games’ puzzle adventure, the ‘In the Words of Athletes’ interpretation programme, etc.).

The Musée du Louvre welcomed 331,760 visitors between 27 July and 11 August 2024 (Olympic Games) and 275,500 visitors between 28 August and 8 September 2024 (Paralympic Games). In total, the museum received 1.3 million visitors in July and August 2024 (14% less than July–August 2023).

The museum was inside the safety perimeter set up by the authorities for the 9 days preceding the opening ceremony, and remained closed on 25 and 26 July 2024.

Foot traffic outside the museum increased significantly, due in particular to a crowd favourite that was set up in the Tuileries Garden: the Olympic Cauldron.

Two Olympic events (road cycling on 3 and 4 August 2024, and the marathon on 10 and 11 August 2024) passed through the Estate, delighting millions of television viewers with spectacular images of the Pyramid and of the Louvre palace. With its iconic works and palatial architecture, the Musée du Louvre achieved great visibility when the Olympic torch passed through the museum on 14 July 2024, and during the opening ceremony (25 million television viewers watched the opening ceremony in France).

The Louvre, a modern home for the arts

In conjunction with the ‘Figures of the Fool’ exhibition, François Chaignaud’s production ‘Petites Joueuses’ (’Little Players’) was seen by 1,945 spectators between 4 and 16 November inside the Medieval Louvre

Many other creatives (visual artists, musicians and thinkers) came to interpret the museum’s collections: Mohamed Bourouissa, Klaus Mäkelä, Simone Fattal, Birds on a Wire, Adonis, Feu! Chatterton, Luc Tuymans, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Camille Henrot, etc.

The year’s exhibitions

• ‘The Treasury of Notre-Dame Cathedral: From its Origins to Viollet-Le-Duc’ (Galerie Richelieu): 210,000 visitors between 18 October 2023 and 29 January 2024.

• ‘A New Look at Jan Van Eyck. Rediscover a Masterpiece: The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin’ (Salle de la Chapelle): 128,000 visitors between 20 March and 17 June 2024.

• ‘Olympism: Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy’ (Galerie Richelieu): 336,000 visitors between 24 April and 16 September 2024.

• Held in the heart of Anne of Austria’s apartments, the ‘Masterpieces from the Torlonia Collection’ exhibition (26 June 2024 – 6 January 2025) received 705,000 visitors by 31 December.

• ‘Figures of the Fool: From the Middle Ages to the Romantics’ (Hall Napoléon): 172,000 visitors between 16 October and 31 December 2024. The exhibition closes on 3 February 2025.

• ‘A New Look at Watteau. An Actor with no Lines: Pierrot, known as Gilles’ (Salle de la Chapelle): 84,000 visitors between 16 October and 31 December 2024. The exhibition closes on 3 February 2025.

The Louvre Beyond Paris

• ‘Printed Matters: Chalcography at the Louvre’ between 27 October 2023 and 31 March 2024 at Le Consortium in Dijon: 8,700 visitors;

• ‘Mari in Syria: Rebirth of a City in the 3rd Millennium’ between 16 September 2023 and 7 January 2024 at Mariemont (Belgium): 13,267 visitors.

• ‘Mari in Syria: Rebirth of a City in the 3rd Millennium’ between 7 February and 26 May 2024 at the Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg: 12,700 visitors;

• ‘Claude Gillot: Comedies, Fables and Arabesques’ between 21 March and 23 June 2024 at Dijon’s Musée Magnin: 5,821 visitors;

• ‘From Michelangelo to Callot: The Art of Mannerist Printmaking’ between 17 May and 11 August 2024 at the National Gallery Prague: 16,176 visitors.

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1- The consolidated results will be available in the first quarter of 2025.