On Wednesday, the Louvre Museum in Paris raised admission prices for most non-European visitors by nearly half in an attempt to shore up its finances following repeated strikes, chronic overcrowding, and a brazen French Crown Jewels heist that shook the institution.
The museum said the 45 per cent price hike from €22 to €32 is part of a national “differentiated pricing” policy announced early last year, which is coming into force across major cultural sites, including the Versailles Palace, the Paris Opera and the Sainte-Chapelle.
