Louvre-Lens: From mine shaft to museum

You take the bus towards Franse Lens. There you start the day at the Louvre - Lens, which is built on a former mining site. You take the bus towards Franse Lens. There you start the day at the Louvre - Lens, which is built on a former mining site. In de Galerie du Temps, the heart of the museum, you admire more than 200 masterpieces from the Louvre under the guidance of a guide. In an impressive, open space of 3,000 m², you take a journey through art history: from the first writings in Mesopotamia to the industrial revolution, a theme that has also deeply shaped the Lens region. In the afternoon, you explore the mining past and the spectacular repurposing of the region during the ‘From the mine to the Louvre-Lens’ circuit. Accompanied by a guide, you will discover the Art Deco station, the living and working conditions of the miners, a cité minière, and the slag heaps. You will also visit two former mining sites with a new destination: one as a center for sustainable companies and one as a national museum, the Louvre-Lens itself.