Louvre and Versailles will turn off the lights earlier to save energy

The famous Louvre museum and the Palace of Versailles in France will turn off their lights earlier as a symbolic measure to remind the public of the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, the culture minister announced today.

Earlier this week the city of Paris announced it would start turning off the decorative lights adorning monuments in the French capital it manages hours earlier than usual, plunging the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks into darkness to cope with rising costs electricity supply.

Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak said today that the Louvre Pyramid will follow suit by turning off the lights at 11pm instead of 1am.

The facade at the Palace of Versailles, located southwest of Paris, will turn off its lights one hour earlier, at 10:00 p.m.

The minister called on French cultural institutions to adopt energy-saving measures such as those taken by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, which “reduced its energy consumption by a third simply by changing light bulbs and installing LED bulbs.”

She said discussions are underway with movie theaters to replace their projectors with laser projectors.

Energy prices have soared in recent months, partly due to turmoil in energy markets caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent Western sanctions against Russia, a top energy producer.

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