Louvre Museum

Louvre Museum

Done by Aleena Sanooj, Aadhya Shayam and Daafiyah Zaahra of 8P.

​About the Louvre Museum:

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France. It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement and home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.

The Musée du Louvre contains more than 380,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments with more than 60,600 square metres (652,000 sq ft) dedicated to the permanent collection.

History of the Museum

The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed from 1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed Musée Napoléon, but after Napoleon's abdication, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners.

The Louvre Palace, which houses the museum, was begun by King Philip II in the late 12th century to protect the city from the attack from the West, as the Kingdom of England still held Normandy at the time.

The Louvre finally became a public museum during the French Revolution. In May 1791, the National Constituent Assembly declared that the Louvre would be "a place for bringing together monuments of all the sciences and arts".

Interesting Facts About the Museum:

• About 7.5 Million people visit the Louvre museum every year.

• The Louvre Is The Largest Museum On Earth

• The oldest treasure in the Louvre is a rare gypsum statue from Ain Ghazal (a neolithic site in Jordan) dated 7000 BCE.

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When was the museum opened?

• 10th August 1793

• 12th October 1949

• 1th November 1560

• 15th May 1867

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Who began the Louvre Palace?

• King Philip II

• King Richard I

• Queen Elizabeth III

• King James II

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How many objects does the Louvre museum contain?

• 380,000

• 900,000

• 1,000

• 104,000

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How many people visit the Louvre Museum every year?

• About 7.5 million

• About 10.6 Billion

• About 13.7 Million

• About 7.5 billion

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What is the oldest statue in The Louvre Museum?

• A rare gypsum statue from Ain Ghazal

• Lomekwi Stone Tools

• Skhul Cave Beads

• Bone Flutes

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Out of 10, How much would you rate our still model?

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What did you find as most interesting from the Louvre Museum?

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