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Paris's Louvre museum said on Thursday, November 27, it would raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, meaning US, British and Chinese tourists among others will have to pay $37 to get in.

The museum told Agence France-Presse (AFP) the 45% price hike aims to boost annual revenues by up to $23 million to fund structural improvements at the world's most-visited art museum, which is reeling from the daylight theft of priceless treasures last month.

From 2026, visitors from outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will have to pay €32 – an extra €10 – from January 14, the museum and staff unions said after the measure was approved at a museum board meeting.

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[–] Feyr@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

32 whole euros a 45% increase?!. OMG!

In seattle it's 25usd to enter a third class shitty aquarium, and it doesn't even have historical artifacts, and barely any fish

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 50 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But I can still get in that back window for free, right?

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

BYOCS (bring your own circular saw).

Edit: fixed cheeky abbreviation.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

BYOCC (bring your own circular saw)

Shouldn’t that be BYOCS?

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 98 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I heard German ladder trucks are good for bypassing this fee increase.

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can even take your favorite pieces home for continuous access.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I heard them French crown jewels are magnificent!

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 54 points 3 days ago

Someone has to pay for security they finally figured out is needed

[–] thericofactor@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've been to Russia (st. Petersburg) where entering a church would cost $10, but for Russians a couple of rubles.

It makes sense from the perspective that locals should be able to afford seeing their own art and architecture. If foreigners can afford it and are willing to pay the asked amount, I sort of understand.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That’s generally how you want to set up your tourist attractions. They provide entertainment and draw for residents and you pass upkeep costs onto the visitors.

[–] itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I usually agree with this point but it does create an awkward spot for museums with a lot of international exhibits. Like, you did a colonialism, stole my peoples stuff, brought it back here, and are now charging me extra to see it? Idk how you get around that, except maybe returning the stuff I guess.

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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Given the stolen artifacts if anything non-eu should pay much less.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People give the British Museum a lot of shit, but it's free all year round for everyone.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well I mean they didn't pay for most of the stuff in there in the first place

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They spend over £50,000,000/year on care, research, and conservation.

A significant portion of what we know about the ancient world is a direct result of their research sharing and activities; for example when the Rosetta Stone was in French hands they kept it to themselves, when it was in Egypt they did nothing with it, but when it came to Britain it was shared with research departments across Europe as well as in Britain, resulting in our ability today to read hieroglyphics and demotic script.

Think about that for a second: if the Rosetta Stone had been left in Egypt, there's every possibility that Egyptians today would still have no idea about most of their own history or how to read their own ancient texts. You might dismiss this as paternalistic or white-savioury, but it's true nonetheless.

Even as recently as last year we had researchers finding things like https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/babylonian-map-world-0021631 that simply wouldn't have happened without the British Museum's work. So, I'm inclined to cut them some slack.

[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 hours ago

You might dismiss this as paternalistic or white-savioury

And I will

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I wonder how many artifacts are stolen from France old colonies

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I doubt there are that many in the Louvre. Probably more in other museums.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Any evidence?

I found this page with many example of stolen artifacts in French museums a lot of them in Louvre just by Napoleonic armies alone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_art_looted_by_Napoleonic_armies

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Just a hunch to be honest. But the list you provided does not show artifacts from the french colonies.

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[–] cron@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

How will they decide which ticket you get? Do you need a passport to enter the Louvre?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

It's pretty normal to need different ID cards to use some services in the EU.

You need student ID for student tickets, on the train if there is a senior or a youth discount they check for ID.

If you are an EU citizen, your ID is valid everywhere in the EU, no passport needed.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 35 points 3 days ago

They‘ve been checking IDs since around 2001. Something major must have happened that year…

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 12 points 3 days ago

Usually they just ask. A lot of museums in EU are free for EU citizens. I was never asked to prove I'm from EU, only asked. Other museum are free for city residents and in those they do ask for an ID.

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