Louvre Museum
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The Louvre is a national art museum located in Paris, France, and is one of the world's most famous art institutions. It houses an extensive collection of paintings, sculptures, and other artworks that attract millions of visitors each year, making it a major center for art appreciation and cultural heritage.
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- Museum.name
- Musée du Louvre
- Museum.image
- File:Louvre Museum Wikimedia Commons.jpg
- Museum.caption
- The Louvre Museum and pyramid on the Cour Napoléon
- Museum.location
- Musée du Louvre, 75001, Paris, France
- Museum.type
- Art museum and historic site
- Museum.collection_size
- 615,797 in 2019 (35,000 on display)
- Museum.visitors
- 9.0 million (Fiscal Year 2025) Ranked 1st nationally Ranked 1st globally
- Museum.director
- Christophe Leribault
- Museum.curator
- Marie-Laure de Rochebrune
- Museum.publictransit
- Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre Louvre–Rivoli
- Museum.mapframe zoom
- 15
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39 sectionsContents
- Location and visiting
- History
- Before the museum
- Revolutionary opening
- {{anchor|Musée Napoléon|Napoleon I}}Napoleonic era
- From 1815 to 1852
- Second Empire
- From 1870 to 1981
- Grand Louvre
- 21st century
- Collections
- Egyptian antiquities
- Near Eastern antiquities
- Greek, Etruscan, and Roman
- Islamic art
- Sculptures
- Decorative arts
- Painting
- Prints and drawings
- Gallery of the Five Continents
- Management, administration, partnerships
- Archaeological research
- Satellites and offshoots
- Musée de Cluny (1926–1977)
- Musée du Jeu de Paume (1947–1986)
- Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon (since 1976)
- Gypsothèque du Louvre (since 2001)
- Musée Delacroix (since 2004)
- Louvre-Lens (since 2012)
- Louvre Abu Dhabi (since 2017)
- Controversies
- Napoleonic looting
- Nazi looting
- Construction of Louvre Abu Dhabi
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- External links
The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France.
The Louvre, a former royal palace, is known for its collection of celebrated paintings collected by the French kings, including the Mona Lisa of Leonardo Da Vinci. The museum received 9 million visitors in FY-2025 and is regularly ranked as the most visited art museum not only in France, but in the world. Twenty-seven percent of the visitors in 2012 were French, while 73 percent were from other countries.