Coming soon, a new Galerie du temps!
After over 12 years of existence, the iconic Galerie du temps (Gallery of Time) exhibition space will undergo a complete remodelling this Autumn.
The Gallery of Time will be closed to the public starting from 23 September included, until the evening of 4 December 2024.
The EXILES – Artist perspectives exhibition (from 25 September) will remain open, as will the other spaces of the museum, for the duration of the renovation work.
The Gallery of Time constitutes a unique space in the museum world, offering its visitors 5,000 years of history in art and the humanities within a single room. It epitomises the innovative approach adopted by the Louvre-Lens since its creation. Thanks to its fully open-plan layout, it offers new perspectives on the collections of the Louvre museum. With free admission for all, it embodies the museum’s commitment to making art and culture accessible.
This autumn, over 200 new artworks will join the Gallery in a redesigned ‘river of time’ layout.
THIS DECEMBER, UNVEIL A NEW GALERIE DU TEMPS
On 4 December 2024, the Gallery will reopen with a vibrant celebration, as part of the Festival of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners dear to the local population. Festivities will continue on 7 and 8 December for a weekend-long grand opening with fireworks, inventive guided tours, creative workshops, and a choreographic public dance.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
The Gallery of Time will be closed to the public starting from 23 September included. Follow this unprecedented project behind-the-scenes on our social media!
The museum will exceptionally be closed to the public on Monday 23 September. The Park will remain accessible from 7am to 9pm.
The EXILES – Artist perspectives exhibition (from 25 September) will remain open, as will the other spaces of the museum, for the duration of the renovation work.
With the support of the Crédit Agricole Nord de France, exceptional foundational sponsor of the museum, of the French state and of the Hauts-de-France region.
5,000 years of history at a glance
The Galerie du Temps (Gallery of Time) is the true heartbeat of the Louvre-Lens. More than 200 masterpieces loaned by the Musée du Louvre are displayed in an open space covering 3,000 m2.
The chronological display extends from the 4th millennium BC to the mid 19th century, offering a unique journey through the history of art and humankind. Intermingling eras, techniques and civilizations, it makes it possible to look at the Louvre’s collections differently and discover them afresh.
The curators of the Galerie du Temps are Laurence des Cars, president-director of the Musée du Louvre, and Vincent Pomarède, director of cultural programming and outreach at the Musée du Louvre.
The installation was designed by Studio Adrien Gardère.
The Galerie du Temps is supported by the Crédit Agricole Nord de France.
New masterpieces to discover
The Galerie du Temps offers a unique glimpse of art history, providing key pointers in a veritable distillation of the Louvre’s collections. Its collection, as it were, is made up of more than 200 works – or groups of works – from the Louvre’s galleries. But the display is not fixed: every year, on the date of the museum’s anniversary in December, dozens of works are replaced and the display is renewed.
Major masterpieces on display include, Murillo’s Young Beggar, Joseph Vernet’s Seascape, Botticelli’s Virgin and Child, Tintoretto’s Susanna Bathing and Johann Christian Neuber’s Teschen Table.
‘In the Louvre palace, visitors can be overwhelmed by the extraordinary scale of the building and the maze of rooms. At the Louvre-Lens, however, they encounter a place where they can take in the prolific history of human creation at a glance. The Louvre-Lens thus makes it possible to see the Louvre’s collections with a fresh eye, to rediscover them even.’
Jean-Luc Martinez, president-director of the Musée du Louvre, curator of the Galerie du Temps
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