The Passage Richelieu entrance is reserved for the following visitors:
- Ticket holders (advance tickets, passes, or tickets for Auditorium events).
- Visitors eligible for free admission: the unemployed, minimum wage-earners, registered disabled (recent identity card required), under-18s, and teachers of art history, archaeology, and applied or plastic arts (proof required).
- Members of the Société des Amis du Louvre (Friends of the Louvre), and holders of the Carte Louvre Jeunes, carte Museum Pass., Carte Louvre Professionnels and the American Friends of the Louvre card.
- Visitors belonging to partner organizations or companies (presentation of card required).
Visitors without advance tickets or special passes should use the Porte des Lions, Galerie du Carrousel, and Pyramid entrances.
