The Louvre Museum is one of the most popular tourist destinations not only in Paris but in the world. More than eight million people pass through the halls of this museum each year in order to see the extraordinary works of art that have been amassed over the centuries. Bringing together art from eight different departments, the Louvre presents about 35,000 works from diverse cultures, times periods and in various forms.
Upon arriving at the Louvre, the one thing that most first-time visitors notice is the size of the museum. With a surface measuring over 200,000 square meters, it is impossible to see everything that this museum offers in just one visit. On the other hand, there is something for everyone to enjoy at the Louvre. Its wide range of collections includes antiquities from all regions, sculptures from Antiquity until the Middle Ages and paintings from the Middle Ages until 1848.
The history of the Louvre can be traced back to King Louis XII, who acquired several Italian paintings in the 16th century. Following in the footsteps of Louis XII, François I began to assemble a collection of paintings that were not intended for interior decoration, as was normally the tradition, but for independent exhibition. It was François I who acquired Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, for example. Throughout history, other French kings continued to add to the collection and a project for a museum began to take shape throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. A museum was finally inaugurated in 1793 and this museum became known as the Musée royal du Louvre in 1816.
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Le Musée du Louvre et The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York proposent en ce moment dans le musée parisien une exposition autour de l’œuvre d’Eugène Delacroix. ___ The Musée du Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York currently offer an exhibition in the Paris museum about the work of Eugène Delacroix.
Présentes à l'Hotel des Grands Hommes sous forme de revêtement mural en tissus, les collections Pierre Frey mélangent matières et motifs dans des colorations harmonieuses et uniques.
Jurassic World / The Exhibition at the Cité du cinéma until 2nd September 2018
Meet our team –
Henriette Kombe of the Hotel Design Sorbonne
Junya Ishigami Freeing Architecture exhibition at the Fondation Cartier until 10th June 2018
SFX at the Eiffel Tower, 17th April – 1st July 2018
Grappling with the Modern exhibition
at the Delacroix Museum until 23rd July 2018
Subodh Gupta exhibition at the Monnaie de Paris, 13th April – 26th August 2018
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Water Lilies exhibition at the Orangerie
13th April – 20th August 2018
The thread of a century, 1918-2018
at the Galerie des Gobelins
10th April – 23rd September 2018
Wild Souls. Symbolism in the Baltic States exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, 10th April – 15th July 2018
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