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Louvre-Lens
The Louvre-Lens is an art museum located in Lens, France, approximately 200 kilometers north of Paris. It displays objects from the collections of the Musée du Louvre that are lent to the gallery on a medium- or long-term basis. The Louvre-Lens annex is part of an effort to provide access to French cultural institutions for people who live outside of Paris. Though the museum maintains close institutional links with the Louvre, it is primarily funded by the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
Key facts
- Museum.name
- Louvre-Lens
- Museum.pushpin_map
- France
- Museum.location
- 99 Rue Paul Bert62300 Lens, France
- Museum.type
- Art museum, Design/Textile Museum, Historic site
- Museum.visitors
- 700,000 the first year, 450 000 in 2017
- Museum.architect
- SANAA Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa, Tokyo + Imrey Culbert, New York
- Museum.director
- Xavier Dectot
- Museum.curator
- Xavier Dectot
- Museum.publictransit
- Bus shuttle from gare de Lens
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Museum
- Architecture
- Temporary exhibits
- Inauguration, opening and visitors
- Gallery
- References
- External links
The Louvre-Lens is an art museum located in Lens, France, approximately 200 kilometers north of Paris. It displays objects from the collections of the Musée du Louvre that are lent to the gallery on a medium- or long-term basis. The Louvre-Lens annex is part of an effort to provide access to French cultural institutions for people who live outside of Paris. Though the museum maintains close institutional links with the Louvre, it is primarily funded by the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
==History== Because of criticism that French art and culture is overly concentrated in Paris, the Ministry of Culture and the Louvre Directorate launched a plan, in 2003, to build a Louvre satellite museum in one of the 22 Regions of France. Only the Nord-Pas-de-Calais applied for the museum and proposed six cities: Lille, Lens, Valenciennes, Calais, Béthune and Boulogne-sur-Mer. In 2004, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, then French Prime Minister, announced Lens as the recipient city.