Paris’s Louvre museum said on Thursday, November 27, it would raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, meaning US, British and Chinese tourists among others will have to pay $37 to get in.
The museum told Agence France-Presse (AFP) the 45% price hike aims to boost annual revenues by up to $23 million to fund structural improvements at the world’s most-visited art museum, which is reeling from the daylight theft of priceless treasures last month.
From 2026, visitors from outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will have to pay €32 – an extra €10 – from January 14, the museum and staff unions said after the measure was approved at a museum board meeting.
I heard German ladder trucks are good for bypassing this fee increase.
You can even take your favorite pieces home for continuous access.
Given the stolen artifacts if anything non-eu should pay much less.
I’ve been to Russia (st. Petersburg) where entering a church would cost $10, but for Russians a couple of rubles.
It makes sense from the perspective that locals should be able to afford seeing their own art and architecture. If foreigners can afford it and are willing to pay the asked amount, I sort of understand.
Someone has to pay for security they finally figured out is needed
I wonder how mamy artifacts are stolen from France old colonies
I doubt there are that many in the Louvre. Probably more in other museums.
Any evidence?
I found this page with many example of stolen artifacts in French museums a lot of them in Louvre just by Napoleonic armies alone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_art_looted_by_Napoleonic_armies
Just a hunch to be honest. But the list you provided does not show artifacts from the french colonies.
How will they decide which ticket you get? Do you need a passport to enter the Louvre?
They‘ve been checking IDs since around 2001. Something major must have happened that year…
Usually they just ask. A lot of museums in EU are free for EU citizens. I was never asked to prove I’m from EU, only asked. Other museum are free for city residents and in those they do ask for an ID.
Literally racist.
Literally opposite of racist. Same races are EU citizens and not EU-citizens. This is literally about residence, not race.
I mean, unless you consider US citizens to be separate race.
You are also wrong, “races” do not exist. Racism is the belief that “race” is a thing, and deducing opinions from that. Do not use racist terminology, please.
Sorry, “ethnic groups”.
Much better :)
Under the rules of the EU most benefits an European country provides to their citizens must be provided to residents of other European nationalities.
With that in mind I guess the purpose is to keep the price of access to culture lower for locals and still follow the rules from the EU
which is peachy because i bet many of the artifacts in such a museum are stolen from the very people now paying more to see them.
yep and the people arguing against this blatantly correct take are just pretending we are upset about americans paying more while completely ignoring the actual argument.
American is not a race.
The people complaining are not mad about Americans but mad about up charging say egytptians to view their artifacts looted by napoleon and that’s just one example why attack a position nobody is taking.
There’s an entire planet of races you forgot about. Besides, I saw the crown jewels a week before they were nicked so I don’t need to go back anytime soon.
It’s run by the fucking French, what do you expect?
Everything that’s lacking in America and more. Starting with manners and self-reflection.
