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Also known as Louvre Abu Dhabi (muzeum)

art museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Key facts

Established
8 November 2017 ; 8 years ago ( 2017-11-08 )
Location
Saadiyat Island , Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Type
Art Museum
Director
Manuel Rabaté
Architect
Jean Nouvel
Owner
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism
Website
www .louvreabudhabi .ae

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Research organization · ROR

Type
Archive
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Also known as
متحف اللوفر أبوظبي
Status
Active

Wikidata facts

Located in
Abu Dhabi
Area
24000
Operator
Abu Dhabi
Official website
www.louvreabudhabi.ae
Image
LouvreAD tree.jpg
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phone number
+971 600 565566
Commons Institution page
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Commons category
Louvre Abu Dhabi
topic's main category
Category:Louvre Abu Dhabi
architect
Jean Nouvel
structural engineer
Buro Happold Engineering
inception
2007-03-07
hashtag
LouvreAbuDhabi
email address
mailto:[email protected]
located in/on physical feature
Saadiyat Island
date of official opening
2017-11-08
social media followers
15200
native label
اللوفر أبوظبي
different from
Louvre Museum
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Encyclopedic overview

The Louvre Abu Dhabi (Arabic: اللوفر أبوظبي, romanized: al-lūfr ʔabū ẓaby; French: Louvre Abou Dabi) is an art museum located on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It runs under an agreement between the UAE and France, signed in March 2007, that allows it to use the Louvre's name until 2047, and has been described by the Louvre as "France's largest cultural project abroad." It is approximately 24,000 square metres (260,000 ft) in size, with 8,000 square metres (86,000 ft) of galleries, making it the largest art museum in the Arabian Peninsula. Artworks from around the world are showcased at the museum, with stated intent to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western art. Louvre Abu Dhabi is one of the first completed projects of the Saadiyat Cultural District, which Abu Dhabi intends to develop into "a leading destination for art, history and culture."

By 2019, the Louvre Abu Dhabi had already attracted 2 million visitors, making it the most visited museum in the Arab world.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Louvre Abu Dhabi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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