Louvre-Lens
Monday
10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:15 PM
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ksarman
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar6,848 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Solo
I decided to visit it just after the end of year events
The main Gallery is wonderful
New way of art display
Fantastic !
There is another exposition hall
So pleasant too
Written 7 January 2024
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David_Ben454
Brockenhurst, UK123 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Couples
Exceptional. Not huge, but a good two hours, able to romp through cultural history from 3500BCE to 1800's, right up close and personal with hundreds of world-class artefacts, paintings, modaics. Very flexible as you wander, going back and forward, seeing things you missed. 90 per cent of labels in English, and a lovely coffee in the cafeteria to finish. There is nothing in the paid-for gallery currently, but the 'behind the scenes' view of workshop and store fown stairs is fascinating. The building and gardens are artwork in their own right. We believe about a third of this free exhibition changes each year, so we'll be back.
Written 13 September 2023
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beccalouh
Basingstoke, UK33 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Family
The main gallery is a single room with a selection of artefacts which are mainly sculptures.

There is also a second hall with featured displays

An interesting selection of items with nice gardens outside to walk through

Unfortunately the gallery is a long way from anything else, I’m not sure it is worth the trek
Written 16 July 2023
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Gonzalo_de_Berceo
Ghent, Belgium1,207 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023
Strange thing that British tourists keep criticizing this museum, while they do not have anything similar in their own country.
This museum is worth the detour. Entrance to the 'Galerie du Temps' is free. For those who have enjoyed some kind of education there are some masterpieces that still fascinate us: Rubens, Vermeer ... or bas-reliefs that are 5000 years old.
The only thing that I miss is the 20th century. What a difference would it make if we had some impressionists ...
For those who like paintings I would also recommend La Piscine in Roubaix.
Written 4 July 2023
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John L
London, UK187 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2023 • Solo
Absolutely rubbish. Avoid. Too far to walk from car park , hardly any good art , no cafe , most not in English as well , too far from anywhere. It’s a slag heap in the French Barnsley. 1/2 mile walk from car park. To a big aircraft hangar. The free bit is rubbish compared to any good uk gallery. Maybe 6 decent things there. The paying show didn’t look impressive enough to cough up for. No cafe.
Written 31 May 2023
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camdentownie
London51 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023 • Couples
This is a really amazing space with a very interesting history (it was an old mine decommissioned in about 1950 odd). You can see that hopefully with time this outpost of the Louvre will help regenerate this town. The exhibition of art over the last 3500 years was well worth a visit, but the real attraction is the space itself. It was quite busy when we went with lots of families, visiting (there was a football match, playing in the stadium across the way), but it was lovely to see it being used so enthusiastically. The staff were friendly and I would recommend this if you are en route to Calais and have a spare hour or two. Signposting to the car parking is truly dreadful. There is some car parking, but you have to be very patient and drive around a bit to find it.
Written 19 February 2023
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Jane S
Ulverston, UK775 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
We first visited this museum when it was newly opened. We enjoyed it then and we enjoyed visiting again. The exhibits lead the visitor through the ages and there are not too many so intellectual exhaustion doesn’t set in.
Written 22 October 2022
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Indiajudd
Shanghai, China60 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022
Enormous site with not a lot to actually see. The whole place is Very French - scrappy gardening, enormous use of taxpayers money, strict security guy, lots of staff, free entrance, not many visitors etc. Signs telling you have to wear a mask are unenforced and not removed. There is one hall full of antiques with some choice pieces, but the storytelling is minimal - no context or explanation - i guess we are supposed to just be amazed. Cafe is quite good, huge bookshop all in French...I would not recommend unless you are passing within say 100km. Its in an urban desert of petrol stations and roundabouts. As others have said its a long way from the car park and not well signed - i wandered some minor locked building before spotting the real thing
Written 24 August 2022
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Chris Wortley
1 contribution
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022
The Galerie Du Temp (inside the museum) is world class. We came to France from the UK, just to see it - and we weren’t disappointed. But accessibility is a problem: we followed road signs to a car park that turned out to be the Jean Jaurès car park, off Rue du Dr Piette. But this is a 750m walk from the museum. If that’s too far for one of your party, you can make use of the drop off area, over 1km drive away, in Rue Paul Bert. There is no information about this in the Jean Jaurès car park.
Written 13 May 2022
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Mark N
Loughborough, UK530 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022 • Couples
I must admit to being a tad disappointed. After many years of flying by on the autoroute, we decided to spend a little more time in the north. One of the main attractions we wanted to visit was the Louvre Lens. Well it was easy enough to find, plenty of free parking. However, the museum itself was something of a disappointment. Yes entry was free but first you have to find the entry, none of which were obvious until you were standing next to them, very little signage to point you in the right direction. Once inside after going through an airport style metal detector again there was nothing to indicate where you were or what was were. So we set off towards what looked like an exhibition hall only to be asked for our ticket. As we didn’t really want to pay for this exhibition we headed for another hall only to be asked for a ticket, but this time entry was free but we had to go back to reception to get a ticket to enter a free exhibition???
Once inside the exhibition, it was quite interesting but a huge amount of space taken up with very few exhibits, none of which were particularly spectacular, unique or special.
After an hour or so we’d seen everything that we could see for nothing and finished our visit.

Pleased to have ticked it off the list but I doubt we’ll be going back.
Written 12 May 2022
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