EXILES
Artist perspectives
The museum
Wednesday to Monday: 10am – 6pm
Ticket desk closes at 5:15pm
Closed Tuesday and some holidays (1 January, 1 May and 25 December)
The park
The park is open every day:
1 May to 31 October, 7am to 9pm.
1 November to 30 April, 8am to 7pm.
Gallery of Time and Glass Pavilion:
Admission free
Temporary exhibition gallery:
Full-price: €11 / 18 – 25 years: €6 / – 18 years: free
MAKING ENQUIRIES AND BOOKING
The booking service is available from Monday to Friday
(except Tuesday) from 9:30am to 12:30pm and from 2pm to 5pm.
03 21 18 62 62
Information and booking processing:
reservation@louvrelens.fr
Train, car, plane, bus, bicycle, landscaped footpath . . . The Louvre-Lens is easy to reach!
CAR ITINERARIES
The city of Lens is accessible via the A21 motorway, which is itself linked to the A1 – E17 (Lille-Paris) and A26 – E15 (Calais-Reims) motorways. The museum is reachable by car in :
- 30 minutes from Lille
- 1 h 30 from the Côte d’Opale coastline
- 2 hours from Paris by motorway
- 1 h 30 from Brussels
- 3 h 30 from London (motorways and Channel Tunnel)
FREE CAR PARKS NEAR THE MUSEUM
- Paul Bert car park
(240 spaces including 4 for wheelchair users) – Free of charge
99 rue Paul Bert – 62300 LENS
210 metres from the museum – 5 minutes on foot - Jean Jaurès car park
(290 spaces including 6 for wheelchair users) – Free of charge
15 bus spaces
Rue du Dr Piette – 62800 Liévin
950 metres from the museum – 12 minutes on foot
The Louvre-Lens museum is next door to the Bollaert-Delelis stadium and traffic can be heavy on days when there are football matches. It is recommended to park in the Jean Jaurès car park, on the Liévin side, rather than in the Paul Bert car park on the Lens side.
TRAINS
Lens station is serviced every day by several trains connecting Lens directly to Paris (1 hour 10 minutes), Lille (40 minutes), Arras (16 minutes) or even London (2 hours by Eurostar and TER connection from Lille).
Travel to the Louvre-Lens with TER trains using the Pass Louvre-Lens and get a free return ticket and a reduced fare on temporary exhibitions (9€ instead of 11€, free for under 18s). Valid in the Hauts de France region only.
ON FOOT
The Louvre-Lens museum can be reached on foot from Lens train station or city centre in 20 to 25 minutes, through the landscaped footpath.
BUS
The museum is served by Tadao, the bus network of Lens-Liévin, Hénin-Carvin and Béthune-Bruay.
WITH ROUTE B1:
Get off at the ‘Parc Louvre-Lens’ stop (600 metres walk from the museum). The route through the park is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility, but the 41 bus line is recommended. The B1 line connects the museum directly to Lens train station every 8 minutes. PLEASE NOTE: it is not recommended to get off at the ‘Liévin Louvre-Lens’ stop, which is over 1 km from the museum.
WITH ROUTE 41:
Get off at the ‘Louvre-Lens’ stop, rue Paul Bert (200 metres from the museum by foot). This itinerary is recommended for people with reduced mobility. The 41 line connects the museum directly to Lens train station with 1 to 2 buses per hour.
BY BIKE
Cyclists are welcome in the Museum Park, where there is a bicycle rack.