Louvre Abu Dhabi
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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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- Type
- Archive
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Also known as
- متحف اللوفر أبوظبي
- Status
- Active
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist attraction
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Located in
- Abu Dhabi
- Area
- 24000
- Operator
- Abu Dhabi
- Location
- Saadiyat Island
- 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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