Louvre
art and archeology museum in Paris, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Louvre is a museum in Paris. It has millions of visitors every year because of its art collection. It is the most visited art museum in the world.
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Established | 10 August 1793; 230 years ago (1793-08-10) |
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Location | Musée du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France |
Type | Art museum and historic site |
Collection size | 615,797 in 2019[1] (35,000 on display)[2] |
Visitors | 2.7 million (2020)[3]
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Director | Jean-Luc Martinez |
Curator | Marie-Laure de Rochebrune |
Public transit access | |
Website | www.louvre.fr |
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The most famous piece of art in the Louvre is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Other paintings include works of Rembrandt, Giambattista Pittoni, Caravaggio, Rubens, Titian and Eugène Delacroix.
There are also many statues inside the Louvre. The most famous statues are the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace.