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Museum · Lens · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Museum Louvre Lens

Louvre Lens is a museum in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France. This place has a story in the app. Within 900 m you'll find a public toilet, a water point, a bench and a bike pump.

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Photo: unknown - copy of the original bronze made by Polycles the elder · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author - copy of the original bronze made by Polycles the elder · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

Story · Louvre Lens

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You're standing at the Louvre-Lens, a satellite of the famous Louvre in Paris, about two hundred kilometres to the south. Have a look around. You're on an old coal mine of twenty hectares that closed in the 1960s. The ground is slightly raised here, because the mine was filled in.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Opening hours and admission

Admission
Free
Wheelchair
Accessible
Visitors
533,171 a year (2019)

Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.

Photos

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Facilities near Louvre Lens

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No food stand within 1 km.

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Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

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Frequently asked questions

Is Louvre Lens wheelchair accessible?

Yes, according to OpenStreetMap it is wheelchair accessible.

Is there a toilet or drinking water nearby?

Yes: a public toilet at 40 m and a water point at 130 m.

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