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The Louvre-Lens is a Louvre with a difference.
A Louvre of glass and light with resolutely contemporary architecture; a Louvre whose elegant and innovative installations offer visitors an experience that is unlike any other in the world.
You can contact us by phone:
📞 +33 (0)3 21 18 62 62 (option 2)
Are you an organised group, a tourism professional, an association, a club or a company? Would you like to visit the Louvre-Lens and explore its galleries and spaces?
The museum offers a range of options tailored to your interests, whether you would like to journey through 5,000 years of art history in the heart of the Gallery of time or discover one of our major temporary exhibitions.
The Louvre-Lens team is available to advise you on +33 (0)3 21 18 62 62 (option 2).
The booking fee and priority access to the exhibition spaces (entrance via Porte Lens)
A guided tour with a Louvre-Lens official guide, or the option to be accompanied by an external guide
Walking-stick seats and wheelchairs are available to visitors, subject to availability
The Louvre-Lens guides are all passionate museum professionals, with expertise in fields ranging from Art History and Historical Studies to Heritage Interpretation.
Booking is mandatory and must be made no later than two weeks before the date of your visit, by telephone only, on +33 (0)3 21 18 62 62 (option 2).
Your booking is confirmed once we have received the signed visit confirmation form, no later than 15 days before your visit to the museum.
For enquiries and booking follow-up: reservation@louvrelens.fr
5,000 years of history at a glance
Temporary exhibitions
Each year, two major international temporary exhibitions explore themes spanning different periods of art history. They bring ancient, modern and contemporary art into dialogue through loans from museums and collections in France and around the world. An invitation to discover exceptional works of art in constantly reinvented exhibition settings.
The Glass Pavilion and the Mezzanine
Two other exhibition spaces are also free to visit. A fully glazed space opening onto the surrounding landscape, the Glass Pavilion extends the exploration of the Louvre’s collections through contemporary perspectives. On the lower level, opposite the museum’s visible storage area, the Mezzanine explores the roles museums have played throughout history and continue to play in our societies today. The museum also regularly offers a glimpse behind the scenes, with tours of its storage facilities and art conservation studios.
A haven of art and nature
The Louvre-Lens is a museum-park where art and nature come together. From pioneer woodland to wildflower meadows, locals and visitors alike can encounter works of art, enjoy a picnic, take a stroll, go for a run, or discover the flora and fauna characteristic of this former mining site. From an ensemble by Gloria Friedmann to a sculpture by Françoise Pétrovitch and Bernar Venet’s monumental arches, let yourself be surprised as you wander through the park.
How about a gourmet break?
Fancy a tasty break between activities?
There are several dining options to choose from!
Current and upcoming exhibitions
Lens can be reached via the A21 motorway, which is linked to motorways A1 – E17 (Lille–Paris) and A26 – E15 (Calais–Reims).
Free parking:
Louvre-Lens car park (or Paul Bert car park), rue Paul Bert in Lens: 232 spaces, including four disabled spaces, 5-minute walk from the museum.
Drop-off point:
Disabled people are strongly advised to use the disabled car park by the drop-off point (via the rue Paul Bert in Lens).
Louvre-Lens car park (or Jean Jaurès car park), 4 rue du Dr Piette in Liévin:
300 spaces, 10-minute walk from the museum.
Note: the Jean Jaurès car park is only open during park opening hours.
La Scène car park (via the rue Paul Bert, opposite the restaurant Chez Cathy): 60 spaces.
Opens one hour before each performance at the museum.
TGV high-speed train direct from Paris in 1 hr 8 min.
Lens station is served by local TER trains from the region’s main towns.
Tip
Take a TER train using the Pass Transport Louvre-Lens, entitling you to 50% off a return ticket and admission to the temporary exhibition for €8 instead of €10 (valid for trains from stations in the Hauts-de-France region; go to the ticket desk of the station you are leaving from to take advantage of this offer).
GETTING TO THE MUSEUM FROM THE STATION ?
ROUTE 41 BUS :
Get off at the ‘Louvre-Lens’ stop, rue Paul Bert (200 metres from the museum by foot).
This stop is recommended for people prone to tiredness and suffering from reduced mobility.
It is located near the Hôtel Louvre-Lens.
Route 41 links the museum to Lens station, every hour or half hour.
BY BUS, WITH BULLE 1 :
Get off at the ‘Parc Louvre-Lens’ stop, rue Georges Bernanos. This stop is located at the entrance to the park, 600 metres from the museum by foot.
The path through the park is accessible for disabled people, although they are recommended to use route 41.
Bulle 1 links the museum to Lens station, every 8 minutes.
⚠️WARNING:
It is not recommended to get off at the ‘Liévin Louvre-Lens’ stop, which is 1 km from the museum.
It is advisable to buy a ticket before boarding the bus.
The shuttle that used to link the station and the museum has been replaced by route 41 and Bulle 1.
Tadao, the Lens-Liévin, Hénin-Carvin and Béthune-Bruay bus network, serves the museum.
ROUTE 41:
Get off at the ‘Louvre-Lens’ stop, rue Paul Bert (200 metres by foot from the museum).
This stop is recommended for people prone to tiredness or with reduced mobility.
Buses on route 41 stop at the museum every hour or half hour.
BULLE 1 :
Get off at the ‘Parc Louvre-Lens’ stop, rue Georges Bernanos. This stop is located at the entrance to the park 600 metres from on the museum by foot.
The path through the park is accessible for disabled people, although they are recommended to use route 41.
Bulle 1 serves the museum every 8 minutes.
It is advisable to buy a ticket before boarding the bus.
GROUP COACHES :
Drop-off and pick-up point in the museum park for coach drivers.
Coach parking at the Jean Jaurès car park in Liévin, rue du Dr Piette (15 spaces).
Accessibility
In keeping with the universal reach of the Louvre collections it presents, the Louvre-Lens is committed to the highest standards of accessibility.
Designed to welcome all visitors without discrimination, the museum ensures equal access to its artworks and services for everyone.
The Louvre-Lens recognises everyone’s cultural rights and the individuality of each visitor. Through its design and services, the museum promotes and safeguards everyone’s freedom of expression and independence. Learn more.