Louvre

Musee du Louvre
Established10 August 1793 (1793-08-10)
LocationMusée du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France
TypeArt museum and historic site
Collection size615,797 in 2019[1] (35,000 on display)[2]
Visitors2.7 million (2020)[3]
DirectorJean-Luc Martinez
CuratorMarie-Laure de Rochebrune
Public transit access
Websitewww.louvre.fr
Statue in marble, about 190 BC. Found in Samothrace in 1863

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.

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.

  1. Cite error: The named reference rapport2019 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  2. "Louvre Museum". museums.eu.
  3. "The Art Newspaper", 30 March 2021

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