Louvre Museum

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art museum cultural institution historic monument museum tourist attraction

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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Observed surface forms (25)

Surface form	Occurrences
Musée du Louvre	18
Louvre	5
Louvre Palace	5
Louvre Museum administration	2
Louvre, Paris	2
Musée du Louvre, Paris	2
Gallery of the Louvre	1
Greek sculpture collection of the Louvre	1
Louvre Museum (Marly Horses copies)	1
Louvre Museum complex	1
Louvre Museum, Paris	1
Louvre complex	1
Louvre fortress in Paris	1
Louvre, Sully Wing	1
Louvre, ground floor	1
Musée Napoléon	1
Musée du Louvre (as a national museum)	1
Musée du Louvre Department of Sculptures	1
Musée du Louvre collection	1
Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre	1
Palais du Louvre	1
Sculpture collection of the Louvre	1
The Louvre Museum	1
The Louvre collection	1
Établissement public du musée du Louvre	1

Statements (86)

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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The Da Vinci Code → notableLocationFeatured → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Samuel Morse → notableWork → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gallery of the Louvre

Pierre Puget → notableWorkLocation → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Egyptian Antiquities → operatedBy → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities → operatedBy → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Louvre Museum → operatedBy → Louvre Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Établissement public du musée du Louvre

Richelieu Wing → operatedBy → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre

Louvre Pyramid → operator → Louvre Museum ⓘ

French Ministry of Culture → oversees → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre (as a national museum)

Department of Decorative Arts → parentOrganization → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Egyptian Antiquities → parentOrganization → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities → parentOrganization → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Islamic Art → parentOrganization → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities → parentOrganization → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Paintings → parentOrganization → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Prints and Drawings → parentOrganization → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Sculptures → parentOrganization → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Cour Carrée → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louvre

Cour Napoléon → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louvre

Denon Wing → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Decorative Arts → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Egyptian Antiquities → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Islamic Art → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Paintings → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Prints and Drawings → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Department of Sculptures → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Louvre Museum → partOf → Louvre Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palais du Louvre

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Sully Wing → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Winged Victory of Samothrace → partOf → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek sculpture collection of the Louvre

Denon Wing → partOfComplex → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louvre Museum complex

Richelieu Wing → partOfComplex → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louvre complex

Parthenon sculptures → partiallyLocatedIn → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Louvre Abu Dhabi → partnerInstitution → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau → representedInCollection → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Musée du Louvre, Paris

King Louis XIII → residence → Louvre Museum ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis XIII of France

this entity surface form: Louvre Palace

Louis XIV of France → residence → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louvre Palace

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subject surface form: Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre

Paris Métro Line 1 → servesLandmark → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Bézu Fache → settingOfActivity → Louvre Museum ⓘ

Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris in 1806 → significantPlace → Louvre Museum ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre

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this entity surface form: Louvre

Paulus Potter → workInCollection → Louvre Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louvre, Paris

Philips Wouwerman → workPreservedIn → Louvre Museum ⓘ