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Louvre Museum
art and archeology museum in Paris, France
Details
- Instance of
- art museum, national museum, archaeological museum, tourist attraction, production company
- Inception
- 10 August 1793
- Has parts
- Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre, Department of Islamic Arts of the Louvre, Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre, Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre, Department of Decorative Arts of the Louvre, Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Department of Sculptures of the Louvre, Louvre Conservation Center, Louvre-Lens, Department of Byzantine Arts and Eastern Christian Art of the Louvre Museum, Room 001
- Location
- Louvre Palace
- Located in
- Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois
- Country
- France
- Operator
- Service of the Museums of France
- Founded by
- Napoleon
- Owned by
- Ministry of Culture of France
- Main subject
- art, antiquities
- Area
- 210000
- Elevation
- 44 m
- activity policy in this place
- photos allowed, drinking ban, smoking ban, do not touch, don't speak loudly, high Heels forbidden
- architect
- Pierre Lescot, Claude Perrault, Charles Le Brun, I. M. Pei
- category of associated people
- Category:People associated with the Louvre
- closed on
- Tuesday
- collection or exhibition size
- 460000, 38000
- Commons Institution page
- Louvre
- date of official opening
- 10 August 1793
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Otto's encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The New Student's Reference Work, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band, Meyer’s Universum, Zwanzigster Band
- different from
- Louvre Palace, Louvre Abu Dhabi
- director / manager
- Jean-Luc Martinez, Laurence des Cars
- disabled accessibility
- wheelchair accessible
- fax number
- +33-1-40-20-54-52
- fee
- 15, 0, 0
- has facility
- cloakroom
- located in or next to body of water
- Seine
- located on street
- rue de Rivoli
- motto text
- Évadez-vous au Louvre
- named after
- Louvre Palace
- native label
- Musée du Louvre
- official name
- Musée du Louvre, Louvre Museum
- open days
- Wednesday to Monday
- payment types accepted
- cash, banker's draft, debit card, chèque-vacances
- phone number
- +33-1-40-20-53-17, +33-1-40-20-50-50
- position held by head of the organization
- director of the Museums of France, President-Director of Musée du Louvre
- postal code
- 75001
- significant event
- restitution of Nazi-looted art, claim for restitution of an artwork, criminal investigation, 2025 Louvre robbery
- social media followers
- 1514929, 1489321, 86000, 1552415, 1579945, 102000, 112000, 126000, 5200000
- sponsor
- Stephen A. Schwarzman
- topic has template
- Q10991285
- topic's main category
- Category:Louvre
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Louvre Museum
- visitors per year
- 5163925, 5784000, 5726640, 6894000, 7511000, 8314000, 8224643, 8422207, 8387667, 8346421, 8841000, 8663992
- Wi-Fi access
- gratis
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