Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyd4llgrego

23•geox•1h ago

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vintagedave•50m ago

> ...expected to raise millions of euros annually to fund an overhaul of the famous gallery.

Jokes aside (eg, 'guess they have to be able to buy back those stolen jewels somehow!') they have been strongly criticized ('inadequate security systems and ageing infrastructure') and it sounds like an overhaul is well past due. Honestly, $40 to enter the Louvre is not too bad. Expensive, but it is the _Louvre_ and is probably the most amazing museum in the world.

dylan604•41m ago

I'd expect to see this type of fee for non-citizens a lot more. The US is saying a $100 fee for non-citizens to enter national parks will start next year. For the Louvre, I'd be willing to give benefit of the doubt that it's a budgetary decision. For the US though with the current administration, there's always a bit of question if the budgetary reason isn't just a mask for the true intention

philipwhiuk•29m ago

For parks I expect the best approach is to charge for parking. Charging actual entry is tedious.

kccqzy•16m ago

Non-residents not non-citizens. See, the administration still cares about the green card holders and H1B workers, who can still visit the national parks at the lower price.

nicbou•12m ago

This was pretty common in Central Asia, and I don't object. It keeps things affordable for locals and available for visitors. I don't mind paying for free museums in other countries, since I'm not subsidising them with my taxes.

lionkor•41m ago

I would gladly pay 40 bucks to enter, but I think student tickets etc. must exist to ensure people can afford to go to learn.

kibwen•38m ago

The fact that the price is being dramatically raised to the grand total of $37 says more about how fantastically cheap it is to visit the Louvre currently. They could easily double that and not see any noticeable decrease in ticket sales from tourists.

rjh29•34m ago

Assuming you're American you may be missing just how strong the USD is and how expensive $37 is for much of Europe. -You- consider it cheap and that's the whole point of the price rise.

troupo•32m ago

It's impossible to overstate how cheap this is, but I think you have to actually go The Louvre to understand that. It's enormous.

(In comparison Versaille is absolute bullshit that everyone should just skip. IMO).

ebiester•23m ago

I really enjoyed the garden there - we spent hours happily. And we don't have a lot of palaces where I'm from.

And I didn't really enjoy the Louvre, especially compared to Musée d'Orsay and Centre Pompidou.

karmakurtisaani•17m ago

Louvre get sort of boring, since the time period they cover stops at the time when art gets more and more interesting (mid 1800s). Before that every painting is basically Jesus or boobs.

Still well worth a visit definitely.

kccqzy•19m ago

Yeah I made that mistake when visiting Paris for the first time: budgeted half a day for the Louvre and an entire day for Versailles. Should the other way around or as you say, skip the Versailles.

throw-the-towel•14m ago

As far as French palaces go, I liked Fontainebleau way more.

stackedinserter•12m ago

TBH the most interesting thing in Louvre is that crowd in front of Mona Lisa, which is an art performance by itself.

deadbabe•31m ago

I’d wager that you could 10x for non-EU tourists and still make more money and have way less crowds leading to a better experience for all.

p_j_w•11m ago

I have a similar line of thought every time I go to a national park. I dont really like hanging out around a bunch of strangers’ kids, but this would prevent a lot of families from being able to afford to go do things like this, and it’s good to let kids be exposed to things like really amazing art and national parks. Poor people should be able to enjoy them too.

ephimetheus•6m ago

Didn’t they just drastically increase the price for non US citizens? I think it almost went up by 10x

snayan•8m ago

Lol, I mean, if we ignore the experience of all the people who are priced out, then sure? Appreciation of culture shouldn't be reserved for the rich.

williamdclt•7m ago

> better experience for all

for the well-off*

philipwhiuk•31m ago

Depends on your point of comparison - the British Museum is free.

dietr1ch•27m ago

Well, they got their exhibits for free, didn't they?

stackedinserter•24m ago

You probably understand museum business model wrong.

julienfr112•24m ago

I paid to see the rosetta stone ...

Symbiote•12m ago

The permanent exhibition is free, special exhibitions often have an entry charge.

627467•19m ago

Louvre's content was mostly acquired fairly at market prices?

p_j_w•16m ago

GP is likely referring to the British Museum, which is famous for having stolen goods.

cellis•7m ago

Go back far enough and everything was stolen from someone

TazeTSchnitzel•14m ago

The article does not comment on it, but the non-EEA scoping here is almost certainly because of EU law outlawing discrimination between EU member states (and which is extended to the EEA also). They probably would have made it discriminate against non-French tourists if that were not illegal.

diego_moita•12m ago

As a non-EU tourist, I say this is good.

I actually keep the museum tickets and city passes as a trip souvenir. I have them for the Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, RijksMuseum, Mauritshuis, the MC Escher house, Vatican Museum, Uffizi Galleria, the Museums' Pass from Vienna, the Guggenheim in Venice, Vasa and Swedish History Museum, ...

toomanyrichies•10m ago

Good, now they can afford an enterprise license for 1Password:

“Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee” [1]

1. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/password-louvres-vi...

turtlebro•6m ago

Trying to recoup their recent losses? Doesn't feel right though to make a distinction based on country of origin. What about "égalité"?

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