The Public Establishment of the Orsay and Orangerie Museum recalls that attendance at the two museums in 2024 remains “up by more than 15% compared to 2022”.
Published on 06/01/2025 08:00
Updated on 06/01/2025 08:05
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People, but a little less than expected. Museums and monuments continued to attract visitors in 2024. Attendance figures are rather good, even if the Olympic Games had a negative impact during the summer on major Parisian and Ile-de-France institutions.
Thus, the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie welcomed 4,949,835 visitors in 2024, or 3% less compared to 2023, reports France Inter, Monday January 6. Same downward trend for the Louvre Museum, which attracted 8.7 million people in 2024, compared to 8.9 million the previous year (-2%), thanks in particular to the fall catch-up.
The Public Establishment of the Orsay Museum and the Orangerie Museum recalls that 2023 was “a year of record attendance”and that attendance at the two museums in 2024 remains “up more than 15% compared to 2022”.
In detail, last year, “the Musée d’Orsay received 3,751,141 visitors (compared to 3,871,498 in 2023)”. The Orangerie Museum recorded the arrival of 1.198 million visitors (compared to 1,239,539 in 2023). The Louvre also indicates that “23% of individual visitors are French”, “by far the most represented nationality”.
Other major sites in the Ile-de-France region also saw a decline, such as the Center Pompidou, the Château de Versailles (-13%) and Fontainebleau (-12%). Finally, the Château d’If, off the coast of Marseille, saw its attendance jump by 9%, driven by the success of the film Le Comte de Monte Cristowith Pierre Niney.
