A variation on the quote last seen gracing our pages a couple weeks ago.
possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.”
—attributed to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Controller-General of Finance (1668-83) under Louis XIV of France
From the Art Newspaper, November 28:
The Château de Versailles and the Château de Chambord have also announced new pricing structure
The Louvre will raise ticket prices for non-European Union (EU) visitors by 45% from 14 January 2026, the Paris museum’s board decided yesterday.
The move will increase the cost of tickets for visitors from countries including the UK, US and China from €22 to €32, which the museum hopes will boost its revenue by around €17.5m annually.
Staff unions have denounced the project as an “unprecedented challenge to the universal mission of the museum since its birth in 1793”.
The Louvre previously increased its ticket prices by 30% in 2024, ahead of the Olympic Games, but has since faced a series of hefty budget cuts, including the loss of 7% of its public subsidies. These subsidies, which in 2015 amounted to half of the Louvre's budget, now represent only a quarter of it....
....MUCH MORE
I wonder if they will still waive the fee for those who bring their own lift to access the balcony entrance:
Louvre heist lift-maker seizes the moment with new ad campaign
"When you need to move fast," reads a banner under the image. "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
