One of the largest art museums in the world Louvre Museum in Paris has reopened to visitors after nearly four months after closing due to pandemic coronavirus. This was announced Monday in the administration of cultural institutions.
"We are pleased to announce that the Louvre Museum reopens from 6 July 2020", – reported the press service of the Museum.
In total for the visit will be available about 70% of the rooms. Although the Museum and look forward to new visitors, make them have in conditions of high sanitary safety. In particular, now without exception the visitors, even the season ticket holders and those who have the right to free passage, will have to book on the website coupons for the exact time. The administration said that to buy tickets on the spot is theoretically possible, but only subject to availability or in low flow of guests.
The exposition will now be carried out strictly in one direction: if earlier it was possible to enter from a side entrance with no long queues and go through the halls towards the stream, now to get to the Museum is possible only through the entrance under the pyramid. Routes a visit to the halls will be uncontested and will be marked with signs so visitors do not intersect. And even though they are Advisory in nature, the administration stresses that may at any time make them binding, in particular in the case where a large number of people. Of course, all visitors and staff must wear protective masks and to comply with social distance.
The Museum staff, however, I hope that they will be able to attract more visitors, including through new shares. So, for individual visitors and families will be offered a complimentary mini guided tours lasting about 20 minutes, a special program is planned for young generation. From July 15 at the entrance reappears on individual audio guides which promise to add new information about exposure in nine languages.
The Director of the Museum Jean-Luc Martinez said earlier that he expects "at best 20-30% of the number of visitors observed last summer". Traditionally, 75% of the flow consisted of foreign tourists in 2019, the Louvre was visited by 9.6 million people.
