At Le Louvre and at the château de Versailles, entry tickets are now more expensive for non-European visitors.

Starting this Wednesday, nationals and residents from outside the European Economic Area will have to pay more to visit the Paris museum and the Yvelines palace.

The announcement was made in November, and it takes effect as of this Wednesday, January 14, 2026. On the Louvre’s new price list (1st arrondissement of Paris), the first line is now titled: “Louvre Museum entry ticket – Visitors who are neither nationals nor residents of an EEA country.” Next to it appears a new price: 32 euros.

At the world’s most visited museum, visitors who are neither from nor residents of the European Economic Area (which includes the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) will now have to pay 10 euros more than the price in effect until now—an increase of 45%.

On the Palace of Versailles website, it states that “visitors who are nationals (regardless of their place of residence) or residents (regardless of their nationality) of one of the EEA member states (…) benefit from a 3-euro reduction compared with the standard price, upon presentation of proof,” meaning 22 euros instead of 25 euros for others.

In November, the Louvre’s board of directors approved this measure, intended in particular to apply to Americans, who make up the largest group of foreign visitors (12%), but also to Chinese visitors, who rank third (5%), according to the museum’s 2024 activity report. That year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, 69% of whom were foreigners.,

Source AFP .