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The open spaces surrounding the pyramid were inaugurated on 15 October 1988, and its underground lobby was opened on 30 March 1989. New galleries of early modern French paintings on the 2nd floor of the Cour Carrée, for which the planning had started before the Grand Louvre, also opened in 1989.
Jun 12, 2024 · Louvre, the national museum and art gallery of France, housed in part of a large palace in Paris. It is the world’s most-visited art museum, with a collection that spans work from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century. Highlights include Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
The original Castle of the Louvre was built under Philip Augustus in 1190 to defend Paris against Viking attacks. This original castle was demolished and the first building of the existing museum began in 1535.
Feb 9, 2010 · On August 10, 1793, the revolutionary government opened the Musée Central des Arts in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre. The collection at the Louvre grew rapidly, and the French army seized...
Reopening on March 27, 2024 with a new exhibition “ Ingres and Delacroix. Artist objects " A studio-museum in the heart of Paris.
During the 19th century, the Louvre's open spaces multiplied and the public taste for sculpture and monuments simultaneously increased. An early project was made in the late 1820s to place the Great Sphinx of Tanis in the center of the Cour Carrée, but was not implemented.
Jun 10, 2020 · The Louvre officially opened to the public in 1793, during the time of King Louis XVI.
