Louvre Museum

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The Louvre Museum is one of the world’s largest and most visited art museums, renowned for its vast collection spanning thousands of years, including masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.

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instanceOf art museum
cultural institution
historic monument
museum
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle Classical architecture
French Renaissance architecture
buildingType former royal palace
collectionPeriod prehistoric times to the 21st century
collectionSize hundreds of thousands of objects in total
more than 35,000 works on display
collectionType Egyptian antiquities
Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities
Islamic art
Near Eastern antiquities
decorative arts
paintings
prints and drawings
sculptures
connectedTo Axe historique of Paris
constructionBeganAsFortressIn late 12th century
convertedToRoyalResidenceIn 16th century
country France
established 1793
floorArea approximately 72,000 square meters of exhibition space
formerName Musée Napoléon
linked to: Louvre Museum
fortressBuiltUnder Philip II of France
foundedBy French Revolutionary government
hasCollection Department of Decorative Arts
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
Department of Islamic Art
Department of Near Eastern Antiquities
Department of Paintings
Department of Prints and Drawings
Department of Sculptures
hasEntranceStructure glass pyramid
hasOnlinePresence official website of the Louvre Museum
hasPart Carrousel du Louvre
Cour Carrée
Cour Napoléon
Denon Wing
Louvre Pyramid
Richelieu Wing
Sully Wing
Tuileries Garden
hasSatellite Louvre Abu Dhabi
languageOfSignage English
French
locatedIn 1st arrondissement of Paris
Paris
locatedOn Right Bank of the Seine
nearbyLandmark Avenue des Champs-Élysées
linked to: Champs-Élysées

Musée d'Orsay
Place de la Concorde
Place du Carrousel
Seine River
linked to: River Seine
notableArchitect Claude Perrault
Hector Lefuel
Ieoh Ming Pei
linked to: I. M. Pei

Pierre Lescot
notableWork Code of Hammurabi stele
linked to: Code of Hammurabi

Great Sphinx of Tanis
Liberty Leading the People
Mona Lisa
The Coronation of Napoleon
The Lacemaker
The Oath of the Horatii
The Raft of the Medusa
Venus de Milo
Winged Victory of Samothrace
openedAsMuseumIn 1793
openingDate 1793-08-10
operatedBy Établissement public du musée du Louvre
linked to: Louvre Museum
ownedBy French state
partOf Palais du Louvre
linked to: Louvre Museum
previousFunction fortress
royal residence
publicTransit Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre metro station
pyramidInaugurationYear 1989
rank largest art museum in the world by gallery space
one of the most visited museums in the world
satelliteLocation Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
linked to: Abu Dhabi
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1991
UNESCOStatus part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Paris, Banks of the Seine"
visitorCount over 10 million visitors in 2018

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French Ministry of Culture oversees Musée du Louvre (as a national museum)
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Louvre Museum formerName Musée Napoléon
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Louvre Museum partOf Palais du Louvre
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Salon of 1787 location Louvre Palace
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Musée d'Orsay locatedNear Louvre Museum
The Intervention of the Sabine Women collection Musée du Louvre
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Portrait of Madame Récamier location Louvre Museum
The Oath of the Horatii location Louvre Museum
The Oath of the Horatii collection Musée du Louvre
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Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture headquartersLocation Louvre Palace
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Louis XIII of France residence Louvre Palace
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The Lacemaker collection Musée du Louvre
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J. M. W. Turner hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
Philip II of France constructed Louvre fortress in Paris
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Peter Paul Rubens hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
École du Louvre affiliatedWith Musée du Louvre
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Musée de l’Orangerie locatedNear Musée du Louvre
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Paris Métro Line 1 servesLandmark Louvre Museum
Paris Métro Line 1 station Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre
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Department of Decorative Arts partOf Louvre Museum
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