2025 Tous Mecenes - Adopt a Bench

Throughout the year, millions of visitors stroll the Tuileries Garden. Its benches have witnessed many stories and encounters. With the help of a crowdfunding campaign, the Louvre is now embarking on a project aiming to restore and recreate the Tuileries Garden's historical benches in order to improve visitor experience and provide more seating.

These cast-iron benches, installed in the 19th century throughout the garden's groves, green rooms, and terraces, have come to symbolize the Parisian art de vivre. There are two types of benches: the first one-sided and rectilinear, designed to invite contemplation, and the second double-sided with lion-paw feet, well suited to dialogue and exchange. The Louvre is calling on a French foundry and its traditional expertise to create authentic new copies of these benches based on the existing models.

For only $5,200, you can adopt a bench of your choosing in the park. You generosity will be acknowledged with the placement of your name on the bench for ten years. Or if you prefer, you can also adopt a bench in honor or memory of a special loved one. Beyond adopting a bench, you are also welcome to make a donation of any amount in support of this conservation project by clicking the donate button instead.

Thank you so much for your interest in supporting the Tuileries Garden. With this contribution, you are directly taking part in the preservation and improvement of a garden more than four centuries old in the heart of Paris.