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When a room is crowded or a work is away
Keep your visit comfortable when a queue, closure or missing work changes the plan.
The Louvre / Your next move
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When there is a queue
Compare the wait with the time and energy you have left. If you stay, choose one detail you want to notice when your turn comes. Keep the queue moving and follow staff instructions so everyone can have a look.
When the work is absent
Check the title and room number, then ask staff or an information desk to confirm its location. Works can be away, and gallery displays can change. You can still use the rest of a visit if the open passages allow it.
When a room is closed
Use the signed alternative or ask staff how to reach your next stop. Skipping an artwork does not make a closed room available as a passage. Do not try to recover a route by following room numbers alone.
Before you run out of energy
Take a pause in a permitted resting area and decide how much more you want to see. Check the closing and room-clearance times. Plan any break outside carefully: leaving the museum is final.