The Louvre-Lens museum will “gradually” reopen its doors from Wednesday, thanks to a “one-way” signposted traffic plan allowing social distancing, he announced Thursday, adding that the visit would be “free” until the end of June.
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Initially, visitors will only have access to the park and to the "Time Gallery" , an open-plan space for permanent exhibitions. From June 10, they will also be able to visit the temporary exhibition "Black Suns" , the museum said in a press release. "The traffic plan will revolve around a pedestrian roundabout" , materialized in the center of the reception hall, explains the management. Visitors can choose to visit one or the other of the exhibitions or the entire route.
Free and without ticket
In order to guarantee an average “residual area” of 10m2 per person, the museum has fixed for June a maximum capacity of “200 visitors in the Time Gallery and 110 visitors in the Black Suns exhibition” . The bookshop-boutique can accommodate 10 people. Access to the museum will also be free in June and "will not require the withdrawal of a ticket" .