Thinking About Touring Louvre Museum

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  • The Louvre was originally a fortress that was built in 1190.

•  It was established as a museum in August 10, 1793 in Paris, France.

• It is the biggest museum in the world.

• It is the most visited museum in 2019.

• Collection includes over 380000 priceless masterpieces and antiques.

• 66% of the paintings are made by French painters.

• 35,500 paintings are on display in the galleries.

• It has collection from ancient civilizations from the 6th century BC to the 19th century.

• The Museum's galleries have been expanded to more than 782910 square feet.

• It takes 100 days to do a complete tour of the Louvre.

There are 4 levels in the Museum:

Level 1: Lower Ground Floor 

Collection includes :

French sculptures from the 17th and 18th centuries 

European sculptures from the 6th to 17th centuries 

Middle Eastern and Egyptian art from 30 B.C. to 1800 A.D

Islamic art from the 7th to 19th century 

Greek antiquities from 6500 to 500 B.C.

Egyptian antiquities from 4000 to 30 B.C.

Level 0: Ground Floor

Collection includes:

French sculptures from the 6th to the 19th century

Middle Eastern antiquities from 7500 B.C. to 500 A.D.

Egyptian antiquities from 4000 to 30 B.C.

European Sculptures from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Roman antiquities from 100 B.C. to 500 A.D.

Greek antiquities from 500 to 30 B.C.

Level One

Collection includes:

Ancient Egyptian antiquities from 4000 to 30 B.C

Spanish paintings from the 15th to 19th centuries

British and American paintings from the 16th to 19th centuries

Italian paintings from the 13th to 19th centuries

Greek antiquities from 700 to 400 B.C.

Decorative art from the 6th to 19th century

Level Two : European paintings from 14th  to 19th centuries.

The museum is divided into 8 departments. These are Near Eastern Antiquities, Egyptian antiquities, Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities Islamic art, sculptures, Decorative Arts, Paintings and Prints and Drawings.

A 5km architectural line of monuments runs through central Paris to the West, which is known as Axe historique. The Louvre is the nucleus and is located in the middle of Arc de Triomphe, the Grand Arche of La Defense and the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde.

The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous pieces of art in the museum. It is protected by bulletproof glass and has its own bodyguards. Still it was once stolen.

During Napoleon's rule, the Mona Lisa was hung in his private bedroom.

Napoleon Bonaparte temporarily renamed the museum after himself.

The Louvre was used as a storeroom during World War II.

There is more than one Louvre. Abu Dhabi has the second one.

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• The glass pyramid was built in 1989 and is 21 metres high. 
• This museum is believed to be haunted by a mummy called Belphegor.

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