Please find all of the information you need to know before visiting the museum this summer on this page. Workers refused to return to work after the meeting failed to reassure them, BFM TV said. Opening hours : The Louvre is open every day (except Tuesday) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. French labor law specialists warned that workers in other roles that involve close contact with the public - including public transport, hospitals, schools and supermarkets - might also invoke their right to walk out unless employers boosted protections against virus transmission.“It is not necessary to close the museum under the current circumstances,” the Louvre’s general administrator Maxence Langlois-Berthelot told reporters.“We are just at the start,” said Stephane Beal, head of labor law at legal firm Fidal.Queues quickly formed in the morning rain outside the world’s most visited museum, home to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo sculpture.Reporting by Isabel Lerouge and Geert de Clercq; Writing by Richard Lough, editing by Ed OsmondTwo unions at the Paris bus and metro operator RATP said they were following the outbreak carefully.The French government has banned public gatherings of more than 5,000 people as it battles to contain an outbreak in France that has killed at least two people and infected more than 130.At the Louvre, a large majority of some 300 workers voted in favor of the walkout unless the museum’s management provided disinfectant gels and reinstated glass barriers between reception staff and visitors, Le Parisien reported.A notice at the main entrance told visitors: “We will inform you about a potential opening time as soon as possible.”“We are putting into action all the measures which the authorities require of us.”French law gives workers the ‘droit de retraite’ — or ‘right to withdraw’ — under legislation introduced by Socialist President Francois Mitterrand in the early 1980s, if they feel there is a clear and imminent danger to their safety.The measure does not cover museums, tourist venues and theme parks and the Louvre’s management said all necessary precautions were in place to ensure the museum could operate normally.PARIS (Reuters) - The Louvre museum in Paris shut its doors to art lovers and tourists for a second day on Monday after staff walked out over health risks associated with the coronavirus.Disneyland Paris in Chessy, 32 kilometers (19.88 miles) east of central Paris, was open as normal on Monday, a representative said. In a brief statement, officials announced the Parisian institution would shutter as of 6 p.m. local time on Friday in accordance with government orders.It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.The Louvre attracts tens of thousands of visitors daily and, in 2019, saw more than 9.5 million visitors, almost three-quarters of whom came from abroad.The museum is offering refunds to those who bought advance tickets to the famed art museum. All visitors are required to wear a mask in the museum.
The virus has spread to more than 60 countries, and more than 3,000 people have died from the COVID-19 illness it causes. The Louvre is now open.
The Eiffel Tower was also operating normally. Workers refused to return to work after the meeting failed to reassure them, BFM TV said.“Despite talks with management and the staff doctor, the Louvre Museum was unable to open in the absence of sufficient personnel,” a spokeswoman for the museum said after the meeting.Authorities said that until further notice public gatherings in confined spaces with more than 5,000 people should be cancelled.Long lines of disgruntled tourists snaked outside the museum on Sunday morning as management held a staff meeting about the outbreak to reassure workers that the risk was contained.Because of the ban, the annual Paris farm show closed a day early on Saturday. A half-marathon that was expected to draw more than 40,000 runners on Sunday in the capital was called off although several hundred determined athletes did run anyway.She added that there would be another meeting on Monday, but it was unclear when the Louvre would reopen.As of Saturday evening, France had 100 confirmed cases of the illness.Authorities said that until further notice public gatherings in confined spaces with more than 5,000 people should be canceled.But the home of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo sculpture remained closed afterward.