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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Predicate Object
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 Louvre Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Musée Napoléon
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 Champs-Élysées
surface form: Avenue des Champs-Élysées

Musée d'Orsay
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde
surface form: Place du Carrousel

River Seine
surface form: Seine River
notableArchitect Claude Perrault
Hector Lefuel
I. M. Pei
surface form: Ieoh Ming Pei

Pierre Lescot
notableWork Code of Hammurabi
surface form: Code of Hammurabi stele

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 Louvre Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Établissement public du musée du Louvre
ownedBy Government of France
surface form: French state
partOf Louvre Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Palais du Louvre
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
surface form: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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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Herman Saftleven hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
Hyacinthe Rigaud hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
J. M. W. Turner hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
Jan Steen hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
this entity surface form: Louvre
this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre, Paris
this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre Department of Sculptures
Léon Bonnat hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
Peter Paul Rubens hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
this entity surface form: Louvre Palace
rongorongo heldIn Louvre Museum
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Regent Diamond housedIn Louvre Museum
Pont Neuf isNear Louvre Museum
Bézu Fache leadsInvestigationAt Louvre Museum
Tuileries Garden locatedBetween Louvre Museum
Denon Wing locatedIn Louvre Museum
Department of Islamic Art locatedIn Louvre Museum
Great Sphinx of Tanis locatedIn Louvre Museum
Louvre Pyramid locatedIn Louvre Museum
Sully Wing locatedIn Louvre Museum
Musée d'Orsay locatedNear Louvre Museum
Musée de l’Orangerie locatedNear Louvre Museum
this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre
Carrousel du Louvre locatedUnder Louvre Museum
Bathsheba at Her Bath location Louvre Museum
this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre
Death of the Virgin location Louvre Museum
Department of Sculptures location Louvre Museum
Leonidas at Thermopylae location Louvre Museum
Liberty Leading the People location Louvre Museum
Mona Lisa location Louvre Museum
Portrait of Madame Récamier location Louvre Museum
Salon of 1787 location Louvre Museum
this entity surface form: Louvre Palace
The Astronomer location Louvre Museum
The Coronation of Napoleon location Louvre Museum
The Lacemaker location Louvre Museum
The Oath of the Horatii location Louvre Museum
The Raft of the Medusa location Louvre Museum
Venus de Milo location Louvre Museum
Winged Victory of Samothrace location Louvre Museum
Cour Napoléon mainEntranceOf Louvre Museum
Tuileries Garden maintainedBy Louvre Museum
this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre
Cour Napoléon managedBy Louvre Museum
this entity surface form: Louvre Museum administration
Sully Wing managedBy Louvre Museum
this entity surface form: Louvre Palace
Richelieu Wing museum Louvre Museum