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Choose a visit you will enjoy
Choose by curiosity, available time and the walking you want to do.
The Louvre / Your next move
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For familiar images
Choose First visit: images that stay with you if you want sculpture, Leonardo and large French paintings in one visit. Allow roughly an hour and forty minutes to two hours and twenty minutes inside. A long wait for the Mona Lisa can add to that estimate.
For ancient lives
Choose Egypt: images for life and the afterlife if writing tools, household objects and beliefs draw you in. Allow roughly an hour and forty minutes to two hours and fifteen minutes. The route connects ordinary needs with the wish for life to continue.
For the building itself
Choose From fortress to palace to museum if you keep wondering what these rooms were before the artworks arrived. Allow roughly an hour and a half to two hours. You begin outside and continue through the museum.
Leave room to pause
These are estimates, with admission and security waits additional. All three visits involve walking and level changes. Choose one, check its access notes and let yourself stop when your attention starts to fade. A few works seen carefully can make a satisfying visit.