Pyramide du Louvre

It’s the Louvre.
If you’re visiting Paris, you’re almost obliged to go.
And with the right approach (my approach), you’re guaranteed to enjoy yourself.
This is probably the most visited museum in the world so you have to be a little sensible to avoid getting swamped by crowds or being stuck in a queue for half a day.
The primary entrance is through the giant glass pyramid but there are two other entrances (Richelieu and through the mall). Every entrance has a priority queue for people who have already bought tickets in any shape or form, which includes people with museum passes, who bought their ticket online or bought the ticket at the Louvre earlier in the day.
To use this to your advantage you should buy your tickets a day or so beforehand from the official Lourve website (or a suitable musuem pass). This will give you access to the priority queue which is usually much shorter than for those without tickets. Perhaps a 10 minute queue as opposed to an hour or more. If a given priority queue is very long, one of the other lines maybe shorter. Keep in mind that the Richelieu and mall entrances are under cover and preferable if it is raining.
Ok great. You’re inside. Now what.
Well you should be under the glass pyramid. So first see the mona Lisa (follow signs for La Jaconde) and get that out of the way. Get a selfie or whatever (selfie sticks are banned apparently). The crowd will be intense so do it while you’re fresh.
Once that’s out of the way you’re free to wander around, and I really do recommend you do just wander around for a bit. The museum is vast and you’ll undoubtedly stumble on something interesting.
You cannot see the entire museum in one day — take your time and enjoy what you find. Also, gently steer yourself to the collections that interest you. If you’re not an art buff I would recommend the Egyptian and Roman wings, and Napoleon III apartments for a real life episode of MTV cribs. Also have a look at the building itself, its a beautiful structure in its own right.
There are some placards about major works of art, but generally the Information about each piece is in French and minimal — artist name, work’s title, year and a bit of info about where it was sourced. An audioguide or having mobile internet to look up commentary is advised. Art doesn’t mean much without context.
Keep your ticket on you at all times as you will need to show it again and again as you go to the different wings (sully, richlieu, etc).
Have fun.

If you are in Paris, you must go here. Period. Very cute place.

Excellent museum with an amazing collection of art and statues. According to our guide, if you stand in front of each piece of art for 30 seconds, it will take you 3 months to finish the entire museum.
As expected, the room with the Mona Lisa is the most crowded as everyone pulls out their selfie sticks and gigantic iPads hoping to get a solo shot with the famed painting.
Aside from the Mona Lisa, the museum houses a lot of other famous paintings and statues from famous artists such as Michelangelo. They also have the statue that inspired the Nike logo. I could spend a full day here.

Cool glass Pyramid to see at the Louvre.
Also seen in the movie The DaVinci Code and number other films…
The pyramid is cool, not sure how much else can be said about it though… Lol…

My favourite musuem in paris. There are so many museums in paris. But this one is the most impressive. The collections are massive and take days to just look at everything. Every corridor has more treasures. And ever inch of the place will be breathtaking.
The louvre houses so many masterpeices but there are a few masterpeices that everyone flocks too. The venus de milo. The mona lisa. The winged victory of samothrace. The coronation of napolean painting. Barberini ivory. The astronomer painting. Death of a virgin painting. Odalisque painting. Great sphinx of tanis. Psyche revived by the kiss of love. And mary magdalene (one of my faves)!
One could just spend hours appreaciating and analyzing even one peice of art here. But you will only have a few seconds at most because its actually inpossible to see everything in one day. (I walked through every hall but i didnt look at everything as i passed bc you cant see everything).
My tips:
#1: plan ahead. Plan your route of must see masterpeices and print a floor map and plan your route ahead of time… it will save you time and lots of double bypassing places you have seen already. Yes its a maze but i was able to go through every single hall without overlapping my route. Trust me the hours of planning will make it worth it. Also plan to do paintings last. Theres loads of seating to appreaciate the art and walking around all day those chairs are a godsend. I literally went from seat to seat. Just rotating my head to see all the paintings surrounding me.
#2: Go early. And beat the crowds. The place is typically quite serene in the early morning with entire halls all to yourself. Once noon hits, the madness starts. Busloads of tour groups crowd the masterpeices. And getting a decent photo is quite the challenge. Aa soon as supper hits at 6pm. The crowds disappear and the halls empty. If you can go during these two off times you will get the best experience.
#3: Avoid the main doors by the pyramid. There are doors on the side with no lines even during the summer!
#4: Sit down for lunch at their restaurant café marly. The added comfort than most of the cafeteria style eateries will completly refresh you. The few extra euros to be waited on with ice cold water and a hot meal made a world of a difference for my visit here.
#5: get the museum pass or buy your ticket in advance. Its worth every penny and allows you to skip that ridiculous line to buy tickets. Because guess what: theres another line to get through security!
My experience at the louvre took lots of research and planning. But when i got there i felt like i knew the place inside and out and my experience was amazing. I have been several times now and i could do it a thousand more times. This is one of my all time favourite museums in the world!

Taking a picture here is a must-​do if you’re visiting the museum! Find a good spot and snap away! You’ll see all kinds of people posing around the pyramid, it’s actually quite fun! It’s really crowded so you’ll get photo bombed everywhere you go. Just pick a good angle and take your picture. You’ll probably end up in someone else’s background too.

The Location: The Location: Metro #1 & 7, Exit: Palais-​Royal Musee du Louvre. The underground metro connect directly to the building. You have to take escalator up to the group floor.
THE Payramide!!! THE famous landmark!!! If you are in Paris, can’t miss this place~ Always tons of tourists here taking pictures. Do come in the day time and also night time. They light up the pyramide.
So many things to see in this area. Definitely spend lots of time here.

I enjoyed seeing this random pyramid popping out above the ground while I was at the Louvre. You very well can’t miss it. And you can’t really love it or hate it since well, it’s there.
While I was walking inside the Louvre and as I looked out the window, I noticed the pyramid in the open courtyard and all I wanted to do afterwards, was to just go outside and check it out. It’s so randomly placed, but it does add a good conversation piece to one of the uniqueness of the Louvre.
If you arrive from the main entrance way into the Louvre, you’ll see the pyramid right away. And then you’ll notice a lot of people standing on top of the flat white poles on the ground with people posing like they’re touching the tip of the pyramid. there’s even a line of people waiting their turn to get on top of the polite have their picture taken.
Still, you cannot ignore the beauty of the glass to glass pyramid in front of the majestic beauty of the Louvre’s outward design.

They’re so iconic, even if you don’t go inside the museum for whatever reason (line too long, not a big art fan), it’s well worth coming to see the pyramids at least. They’re quite spectacular, and surrounded by the incredible building that used to be a palace before King Louis XIII decided it was too small and built Versailles. It’s well worth checking it out.

It’s big, it’s scary, and if you don’t do well in crowds, well, frankly you’re going to have to pick some really good times to go visit because there.are.crowds.
I didn’t go during my first trip to Paris (which was only like a day and a half, and who wants to spend that in line or wandering a giant museum?), but I was determined to check it off my list when I visited in September 2015 since it’s just one of those things you do, and I actually happen to like art besides. After some VERY frustrating attempts to find the Paris Pass ticket line, and realizing that THAT was a mile long line, I went and got that Paris Pass elsewhere and returned after a meal and a chance to mentally regroup before attacking the Louvre. I was in Paris with a friend, but we decided to visit the museums of our choice on our own, and that was perfectly fine with me. If you can do this alone, I would recommend it, because you won’t have to deal with the stress of keeping track of your party, and you can go at your own pace.
I had my Rick Steves audio guide to get me through the major attractions, since I knew I wasn’t going to see everything. I also grabbed a map, which was another lifesaver, because this place is seriously that huge, and it’s very easy to get lost and overwhelmed. I stopped the audio guide every so often to get pictures, including, of course, the famous Mona Lisa. Yes, she’s much smaller than you expect, and is surrounded by a couple dozen people trying to get a better picture than you do. It’s all part of the experience. Take it all in, resign yourself to the environmental conditions, and enjoy it for the incredible attraction that it is.

Finally got the chance to visit this original pyramid of Louvre. There was just one copy in the theme park back to my hometwon. When I was a kid, usually visit like to visit than place. It actually bigger than I expected it and there are serval of them around this place. Right under the prramids the Louvre museum. I could thought the glass peek a little inside. It seem like it stored a lot interesting works there. Well, the museum was close because of the terror attack, during my visit. But I think I will pay a visit again next time when I visit Paris again.
Around the pyramids got some prefect spots that allow you to stand on, in order to make an amazing photo. Really thoughtful for the tourist. And it is quite a nice a place just sit down and relax.

Too much history to absorb in a day. The glass pyramid is so beautiful. Do much to explore inside, early is better to bit the crowd, easily accessible with transportation

Impressive place and obviously famous. The structure of the pyramid itself is incredible but you will be surrounded by tourists, people selling selfie sticks and everything else imaginable, as well as people asking you to sign political petitions. Watch your bags because pick pockets are everywhere. It’s hard to relax around this area, but you won’t want to miss the photo opportunity.

Love it or hate it, the Pyramide de Louvre is something you can’t avoid if you go to visit the Louvre.
It basically just juts unapologetically out of the middle of one of the courtyards, and is now the main (and subterranean) entrance to the museum.
I get it — France has a long history with Egypt so it makes sense; you’ll see sphinx’s, pyramids and Egyptian style cats all over Paris.
I like it. I don’t love it, but i do like it.

People trying to take these pictures by the pyramid with this «novel» illusion of your finger at the tip of the pyramid, stop… just stop…

It’s obvious if you’re going to the Louvre, you’ll run into its pyramid. You’ll also be among a tremendous crowd of tourists all trying to take the same clichéd picture in front of it. It’s just a glass pyramid outside the museum, that’s it. Where’s the spectacle? However, it is nice when it’s lit up at night. Like most tourist spots here, you need to be mindful of your personal belongings. There are a lot of pick pockets hanging around here.

Ah yes … April in Paris. I totally get it!
I had an opportunity to visit the Musee du Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa. On approach, there is a long, narrow park which leads to the museum. There is, of course, the pyramid. Along the way, you’ll see beautiful landscaping.
On this particular day, it was a perfect Spring day. Sunny and pleasant. I was able to enter through the pyramid security check point. A downward-​moving escalator guided me to the main atrium, where you can enter the Louvre on your own accord, or opt for an English language audio tour.
You can also go shopping at an underground mall. I didn’t have an opportunity to see everything I wanted to see as I arrived a half hour prior to closing. I’m looking forward to my return. Love this place!

As a tourist, walking through the parks and arriving at the pyramid is hard to beat. It wasn’t overly crowded when we were there, and it’s hard not to get lost in the beauty and history all around you. There’s something surreal about walking out of here and seeing Notre Dame in the distance with the river boats and beautiful architecture surrounding you in all directions.
Note: The watercolor painter outside the Louvre on the bridge has the nicest street art I’ve ever encountered. We regretted not buying more after we came back home. (You’ll pay more for a print in the states than the real thing right outside the Louvre… crazy.)

No excuses, if you’re anywhere near the area you must come here! Yes, it’s crowded and filled with many tourists, but definitely one of the highlights of any trip to Paris.
Get a picture and walk around while you’re at the Garden of Tulieres. It’s something you’ll look back on for ages. Just a heads up, this area is always crowded by tourists, so you might not be able to get that one stunning picture. But I do recommend getting one of those cameras where you can get an extended exposure shot. I wish I had done that during my trip here.
Also, if you grab a visit Paris pass, there’s a shorter line here to get into the Louvre. I’d recommend bypassing the main entrance if you see it.

Comment né pas être fan d’un tel chef d’oeuvre architectural? Elle donne vie à une cour qui serait bien triste sans elle.

Un lieu historique avec de jolis tableaux, de jolis objets, de très grandes pièces tout aussi belles les unes que les autres.
A faire !!!

Sans entrer dans la polémique sur l’ esthétisme de la pyramide dans la cour du Louvre, elle est pour moi l’ architecture qui a ouvert le Louvre au monde. De l’ extérieur à l’ intérieur tout est à voir, et à revoir à chacune de mes visites à Paris. Elle est le préliminaire délicieux aux galeries gigantesques de son intimité, avant le paroxysme de la visite du musée.

I’m not that into art to go into the Louvre. However, I had the pleasure of staying across the river from the Louvre in a St. Germain apartment for work.
I would stroll through here around sunset and on my way to places. The juxtaposition of this modern structure amid all the historic building that surrounds it is gorgeous!
Plus I love going on the bridge to go see it and passing all the locks. It makes me think of all the memories people made around this area.
Love it!

La pyramide est belle, entourée de touristes le jour qui s’assoient au bord de ses petites fontaines. Elle se fait prendre en photo: «hey, je suis allée à Paris et on dirait que je tiens la pyramide du Louvre entre mon pouce et mon index lolilol».
C’est une architecture incontournable de Paris, contrastant avec le style ancien du Palais Royal, parfois éclairée lors de certaines expositions. Elle prend la lumière du jour à l’aube et au crépuscule, bref je suis pas calée en Histoire ni en architecture mais c’est joli.
Mais surtout ! Surtout. Sur — tout :
Je veux vous parler des galeries du Palais Royal de part et d’autre de cette pyramide. Le soir, quand le soleil se couche et que les touristes se font beaucoup plus rares — ou du moins beaucoup moins bruyants, une atmosphère paisible s’étend sur le Louvre. Et sous chacune des arcades du Palais, vous trouverez des musiciens, des vrais, des bons, qui font trembler l’air au son de leurs saxophone/​flûte traversière/​violon/​autre. Niveau acoustique, le son n’est pas pur puisqu’il résonne, mais ça ajoute un côté très féerique.
Je rentre souvent à pied le soir en passant par le Louvre, et je m’assied toujours quelques minutes pour écouter ces musiciens: c’est mon instant zen de la soirée, pour décompresser. Ca peut être bien de passer là si vous vous balladez, y’a le Pont des Arts à 5 minutes, les quais de Seine, etc :).

Danke an Herrn Mitterand, das er dieses tolle Teil hat bauen lassen.
Es ist der Blickfang am Louvre. Jeder macht ein Foto. Es gibt 2 Pyramiden. Die eine sieht man im Innenhof des Louvre. Und die andere befindet sich unterirdisch im Caroussel de Louvre im Einkaufszentrum, die Spitze ragt nach unten.
Es ist absolut sehenswert und auch der Eingang ins Museum.
Es wurden extra Steinklötze aufgestellt, auf die man sich stellen kann um mit seinem Finger auf dem Foto die Spitze der Pyramide zu berühren. Netter Gag

Beeindruckendes Denkmal der modernen Architektur Frankreichs.
Durch Dan Browns Roman zur Berühmtheit gelangt.

Las tres pirámides son bonitas, para hacerse fotos está bien y no descuadran en el entorno. Además desde cualquier ángulo donde te pongas para hacerte una foto, sale de fondo el maravilloso Louvre y es un plus.

Tres bel endroit pour admirer la pyramide du louvre.
On peux faire des photos, video,
L’espace est public et gratuit.

Schon klasse die Pyramide und wenn man schon im Louvre ist, kommt man an ihr nicht vorbei!

Incroyablement beau ici, très propre, contrairement à tous les autres lieux à Paris. Le shopping ici est suffisant et très agréable. Nous y étions en lune de miel et boire régulièrement ici pour le café et naviguer à travers lui de venir, je recommande à tous de venir ici au moins une fois il ya
Incredibly beautiful here, very clean, unlike all other places in Paris. The shopping here is sufficient and very pleasant. We were there on honeymoon and drink here regularly for coffee and browse through her come, I recommend everyone to come here at least once ago
Unglaublich schön hier, sehr sauber alles im Gegensatz an anderen Stellen in Paris. Die Einkaufsmeile hier ist ausreichend und sehr angenehm. Wir waren hier in den Flitterwochen und sind regelmäßig hier zum Kaffee trinken und schmökern her gekommen, ich empfehle jedem hier wenigstens einmal her zu kommen

Also es sieht alles sehr toll aus und ist auf jeden Fall einen Besuch wert, aber man sollte versuchen zu Zeiten ohne großes Massenaufkommen da zu sein.

souvenir de l ère Mitterand pour une fois très bon. idéal mélange de l ancien et du moderne. La salle juste en dessous est magnifique avec les perspectives de lumières.

Allein die Mona Lisa ist ein Besuch des Louvres wert!!!

Punto de entrada al museo del louvre. al llegar veras sin duda largas colas para acceder. Lo mas chocante es que estas pirámides, a pesar de ser de estilo moderno, no desentonan en absoluto con la belleza del louvre.

kein weg führt als tourist hieran vorbei. wunderschön, vorallem im dunkeln

Ajout moderne (1989) qui s’intègre à la beauté originelle classique du Louvre.

La pirámide combina bién con el clásico de los palacios del museo, además le dá luz natural al espacio de abajo en su grán vestíbulo, que podría haber sido para dar luz, otro tipo de lucernarios?, vale, plano y pisable pero no es tan agradable ver desde el vestíbulo a la gente pisando el lucernario. Otra figura geométrica?.

Après une longue balade, c’est très joli de voir un truc pareil! Si le musée du Louvre né nous intéresse pas plus que ça, la pyramide en vaut la peine!

Sehr beeindruckend vor allem im Dunkeln.
Bloß nicht verpassen.

Je me souviens d’un voyage scolaire en 2004; près de la magnifique pyramide inversée j’avais goûté d’excellents cookies au chocolat blanc… impossibles à retrouver depuis. Si vous les voyez, pensez à moi ;-)

Man kann nicht umhin, wer in Paris ist, sollte den Louvre und seine Pyramide besichtigen.
Schon von außen ist der Glas-​Stahl-​Bau eindrucksvoll, doch seine Schönheit eröffnet sich einem erst von innen.

Je né sais pas si j’aime ou j’aime pas. Alors je mets 3 étoiles. Sous une certaine lumière, la Pyramide est belle et a toute sa place au milieu du Louvre. Sous une autre lumière, je trouve qu’elle gâche tout!

je n’arrive pas a tourver ce qu’il y a de beau et d’artistique dans cette pyramide qui est un bouton au milieu de cette superbe arcitecture qu’est le louvre
Mitterand y a trouver le symbole de son septennat: inutile

Très belle pyramide qui va bien avec le décor classique autour. Après tout les goûts sont dans la nature mais j’adore ce décalage entre le côté classique de l’endroit et la modernité de la pyramide. Et puis à l’intérieur de la pyramide dans la galerie marchande, la lumière passé très bien. Le meilleur moment pour voir la Pyramide du Louvres c’est au moment du coucher de soleil ou la nuit… Avec la lumière, les fontaine, le cadre… c’est un endroit magnifique. A chaque fois que je passé par cet endroit, ça m’émerveille toujours autant ^^

Diese Skulptur ist mehr als nur der Eingang zum Louvre. Die Lichtreflexionen beindrucken mich immer wieder

Ich kann meinen vorschreibern nur zustimmen. Das muss man gesehn haben

Die riesige Pyramide ist von außen schon beeindruckend — von innen wird das Ganze noch einmal übertroffen. Wenn man in Paris ist, sollte man sich die Pyramide ansehen.
Der Besuch des Louvre-​Museums ist übrigens nicht notwendig, um die Pyramide zu betreten.

j’y vais avec mon geek lorsqu’il veut draguer des chinoises et des japonaises!
Pas loin du quartier Japonais (Rue St anne)

Quel monument sublime !

Tout a été solidement pensé pour l’édification d’une entrée visible pour tout le monde (je rappelle qu’avant, c’était un vrai casse-​tête pour trouver l’entrée du Louvre). Tout d’abord la pyramide se situe dans un axe sur lequel se trouve les principaux monuments de Paris, par ailleurs, elle fait directement référence à la prestigieuse collection Egyptienne détenue par le musée, pour finir, elle permet lorsque l’on est dans le hall, de né pas se sentir écraser par un plafond s’il avait plat, au lieu d’être ainsi ouvert vers le ciel comme en perspective. Le monde entier l’a adopté, ce qui n’est pas étonnant, tant l’audace et l’intelligence a toujours su séduire quiconque.

Il faut avouer que c’est avant tout un coup marquetting puisque liée a la pyramide il y a sutout la nouvelle entrée du louvre et sa galerie marchande la lumière qu’elle apporte donne a cette gallerie de chachet sinon architucteralement elle dévisage un peu le cadre renaissant

Un peu spéciale par rapport au style classique qui l’entoure, cette pyramide reste agréable et bien faite.

Depuis 1989, elle détermine les grands axes de circulation du palais et conduit en sous-​sol à un vaste hall d’accueil d’où l’on accède aux espaces dévolus aux expositions temporaires, aux salles relatant l’histoire du Palais et du musée, ainsi qu’aux fossés du Louvre de Charles V, à un auditorium et enfin à différents services pour les visiteurs (vestiaires, librairie, cafétéria, restaurant). C’est pratique mais ça n’empêche en rien les longues files d’attente. Pour ma part j’aime assez le matin, par beau temps, lorsque le soleil arrive dessus et fait scintiller les vitres On s’y habitué tout de même ! Et de là
la vue est tellement belle jusqu’à la Défense!

Das ist eine Moderne Skulptur. Die befindet sich vor dem Louvre oder ehe im Hof und spiel die Rolle vom Eingang. Ihr geht dadrin, dann kommt die erste Polizei Kontrolle (die suchen für Waffen und Sprengstoff).
Die Skulptur ist aus Glas und Stahl und ist wunderschön vor allem wenn die Sonne scheint. Sie ist riesen Groß und einfach zu erkennen. Interessant ist auch, dass an die Seiten weitere 3 Pyramiden stehen. Die sind viel kleiner. Die ist um die 35 meter und einigen sagen dass die Glas Scheiben sind genau 666.

Su estructura es impresionante, toda ella de cristal y tranquilos que si encontráis cola para entrar, tendréis mucho tiempo para poder examinarla y fotografiarla.
Es muy muy bonita y sólo por ello, vale la pena su espera. Una vez dentro contarás con miles de fotografías posibles que tomar.

Con toda la polémica que generó antes de su construcción, lo cierto es que ha sido muy bien aceptada por los parisinos y a mí me encanta! Me parece interesante el contraste entre algo tan antiguo como el palacio del Musée du Louvre con la moderna Pirámide acristalada protagonista de ‘El código Da Vinci’. a propósito, fans del libro ofrecen audioguías en el Museo para hacer la visita según los protagonistas.

Es impresionante esta piramide de cristal.
Cuando refleja el sol la luz de la piaramide es increible.

Curieuse idée que cette pyramide qui jure un peu dans son contexte très classique, mais finalement une fois qu’on y est on s’habitué, etwhy not? lol