Paris Louvre introduces timed tickets for blockbuster Leonardo exhibit

To manage the expected crowds, timed tickets will be used for the upcoming Leonardo da Vinci exhibit at the Louvre museum in Paris. Some 10.2 million people visited the Louvre last year. Photo: AFP

The Louvre museum in Paris has opened bookings for a blockbuster exhibition in October of most of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings to mark the quincentennial of the Renaissance master's death.

Tickets to the show opening on October 24 will not be available at the box office, but only on the website www.ticketlouvre.fr and in major stores.