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Louvre Museum Official Website

The official site of the Louvre Museum (Paris, France) : Collection & Departments, Exhibitions, Guided Tours, Virtual Tours, Calendar, History of the Louvre, Gardens, Concerts, Lectures & Symposia, Readings & Performances, Opening Hours

The History of the Louvre: From Château to Museum | Louvre Museum

The Louvre, in its successive architectural metamorphoses, has dominated central Paris since the late 12th century. Built on the city's western edge, the original structure was gradually engulfed as the city grew. The dark fortress of the early days was transformed into the modernized dwelling of François I and, later, the sumptuous palace of the Sun King, Louis XIV. The site explore the history of this extraordinary edifice and of the museum that has occupied it since 1793.

Another Way to Visit the Louvre.... | Louvre Museum

Visit the museum's exhibition rooms and galleries, contemplate the façades of the Louvre....Come along on a virtual tour and enjoy the view, thanks to the sponsorship of Shiseido. A QuickTime plug-in is required (version 5 or later).

Thirty-Five Thousand Works of Art | Louvre Museum

The Musée du Louvre houses 35,000 works of art drawn from eight departments, displayed in over 60,000 square meters of exhibition space dedicated to the permanent collections. Explore the works on display, taking a thematic or cross-departmental approach.

Interactive Floor Plans

Diagrams of the exterior and interior

Exploring the Museum on Your Own | Musée du Louvre

The Louvre Web site offers a number of thematic trails designed to give you an overview of the scope and richness of the museum's collections. Each trail is based on a selection of works that typify a period, an artistic movement, or a theme.

They can be viewed online or printed out prior to a museum visit.

Musée du Louvre | Facebook

Welcome to the official Facebook Page about Musée du Louvre. Join Facebook to start connecting with Musée du Louvre.

Twitter - MuseeLouvre

http://twitter.com/#!/MuseeLouvre

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November 18 to December 18, Team 4 weeks (filmmakers, artists, journalists) travel each day through the 162,000 square meters more largest museum in the world. Our directors will explore the Louvre misunderstood: its discrete rooms, nooks, its moments closed to the public, visitors, residents, its 800 windows and thousands of works.

Mobile Apps for The Louvre

software to access the Louvre collection and information about the museum

Musée du Louvre for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Learn more, read reviews, and download Musée du Louvre by Musée du Louvre on the iTunes App Store.

Paintings in the Louvre

Paintings in the Louvre

The Department of Paintings reflects the encyclopedic scope of the Louvre, encompassing every European school from the 13th century to 1848. The collection is overseen by twelve curators, who are among the most renowned experts in their field.

Introduction to paintings in the Louvre

The Louvre's collection of Italian and Spanish paintings occupies the entire first floor of the Denon wing; French and Northern schools, arranged in chronological order, take up the entire second floor of the Cour Carrée and the Richelieu wing. This is the latest arrangement in the three-hundred-year history of painting galleries within the Louvre palace.

Paintings - selected works

205 selected works

French paintings - 81 selected works

French Painting - The Louvre's collection of French paintings is unrivaled anywhere in the world, with an extraordinary range of works from the 13th to the 19th centuries, including pictures by Fouquet, Poussin, Le Brun, Watteau, Boucher, Chardin, David, Ingres, Géricault and Delacroix.

Italian Painting - 46 selected works

Dating back to the reign of Francis I of France, the Italian paintings constitute the Louvre's oldest extant collection, with works representing 700 years of Italian art: Giotto, Botticelli, Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Carracci, Caravaggio, Reni, Guardi, Tiepolo.

Ducth painting - 32 selected works

Dutch Painting - The extensive collection of Dutch works offers a comprehensive overview of genre paintings, portraits, landscapes and still lifes by prestigious painters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Ruysdael and Heda.

Flemish painting - 21 selected works

Flemish Painting - The remarkable series of primitive works by Van Eyck, Van der Weyden, Bouts and Memling, as well as series of works by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens, are the highlights in this comprehensive panorama of Flemish painting from the 14th to the 19th centuries.

Exhibitions at the Louvre

Paris 1400 - Les arts sous Charles VI | Paris 1400: Art during the reign of Charles VI

This exhibition brings together 270 works in a range of media and techniques, demonstrating the extraordinary heights of artistic production in Paris in the 1400s-in particular the period's illuminated manscripts and fabulous objects in enameled gold.
A number of paralel exhibitions throughout France testify to the munificence of aristocratic French patrons of the 1400s.

Masters of European Drawing from the 16th to the 20th Century | Louvre Museum

In addition to its many splendid examples of French drawing from the 17th to the 19th century, this collection also includes outstanding works from abroad, notably from Germany, Britain, Denmark and Italy.

The Motais de Narbonne Collection - French and Italian paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries | Louvre Museum

Since the early 1980s Héléna and Guy Motais de Narbonne, Paris art lovers closely connected to the Musée du Louvre, have been passionately committed to building up a remarkably unified collection.
25th March 2010 to 21st June 2010

Antoine Watteau and the art of engraving | Louvre Museum

A hundred engravings from the oeuvre of Antoine Watteau, mostly from the Edmond de Rothschild collection, illustrate the art of engraving in the 18th century.

The Louvre to show Antoine Watteau and The Art of Engraving | Art Knowledge News

The Louvre to show Antoine Watteau and The Art of Engraving opens 7 July.

Antiquity Rediscovered - European Art between the Antique and Reinvention, 1720-1790 | Louvre Museum

The "neoclassical" trend emerged in the 18th century not only as a result of the processes of innovation and emulation, but also in response to Europe's rediscovery of its ancient heritage.

The Louvre - practical information for the visitor

How to Get Here | Louvre Museum

MétroPalais-Royal-Musée du Louvre station.
BusThe following bus lines stop in front of the Pyramid: 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95, and the Paris Open Tour bus.
Includes a map of its location and entrances

Hours | Louvre Museum

The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (rooms begin closing at 5:30) every day except Tuesday and the following holidays: January 1st, May 1st and December 25, 2009. The permanent collection and temporary exhibitions will close at 5 p.m. on December 24 and 31, 2009 (Wednesday). The mus...

General Admission Fees | Louvre Museum

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Free Admission | Musée du Louvre

Admission to the Louvre and the Musée Eugène Delacroix is free for the following (valid ID required):

Advance Tickets | Musée du Louvre

Buy your ticket ahead of time and avoid the lines in front of the Pyramid and at the ticket windows.
Tickets sold in advance cannot be picked up at the Louvre.
Tickets are valid every day of the year (except Tuesday, when the museum is closed, and on certain holidays). They are strictly personal, and cannot be used by another person, exchanged or reimbursed.

(Note you still have to queue to get through security)

At Your Service | Louvre Museum

The Louvre has a wide range of aids and amenities to ensure your visit is fruitful, from floor plans, audio guides, and program listings to cafés, media centers, and a bookstore.

Online Tickets & Shop | Louvre Museum

To avoid waiting in line, you can buy your ticket in advance online. Tickets are valid every day except Tuesdays (when the museum is closed) and certain public holidays. Advance tickets cannot be picked up at the museum.

Les boutiques de musées - Louvre Museum

This is the Museum shop - which also operates online

Disabled Visitors : Frequently Asked Questions | Musée du Louvre

Frequently Asked Questions
* How do I get to the Louvre?
* How can wheelchair users access the Pyramid?
* Where can I borrow a wheelchair?
* What sort of print materials are available at the information desk under the Pyramid?
* How can wheelchair users access the collections?
* Can I keep my aids with me in the museum?
* Where are the accessible bathrooms located?

Groups: General conditions for groups | Musée du Louvre

All group visits to the museum must be booked in advance. This enables us to schedule groups throughout the day, thereby avoiding overcrowding. Groups of up to twenty-five are admitted (twenty for the Department of Decorative Arts and temporary exhibitions).

This section covers
* independent groups
* groups with a lecturer
* scholl groups

The Louvre Pyramids by I M Pei

in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace

Pyramide du Louvre - I. M. Pei - Great Buildings Online

Pyramide du Louvre by I. M. Pei architect, at Paris, France, 1989, in the Great Buildings Online.

Louvre Pyramid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard

Friends of the Louvre

Société des Amis du Louvre | Musée du Louvre

The association continues to pursue its original mission to enrich the museum's collections. Since it was founded, the Société des Amis du Louvre has purchased 704 works of art for the museum's eight curatorial departments. Many of these are among the Louvre's greatest masterpieces.

The Société des Amis du Louvre today boasts almost 70,000 members whose subscriptions and donations provide it with an average annual budget of approximately 3 million Euros for the acquisition of art works

American Friends of the Louvre | Musée du Louvre

The mission of American Friends of the Louvre is to strengthen ties between the Louvre and its American public and to raise awareness and financial support in the United States for the Louvre. American Friends of the Louvre is an American non-profit organization founded in New York in December 2002 to strengthen ties between the Louvre and its American public.

The theft of the Mona Lisa

on 21 August 1911

Mona Lisa Was Stolen

It was unbelievable -- someone stole the most famous painting in the world. Follow this two year long caper that shocked the world.

The Independent | The cheek! From hapless chancers to masters of audacity

A century ago today, an Italian stuck the Mona Lisa up his smock and started a global underworld trend

When an Italian decorator called Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre with the world's most famous painting under his smock a century ago today, he had little idea of the global trend he would spawn. Since the theft of the Mona Lisa on 21 August 1911, art heists have become an increasingly common

Stealing Mona Lisa | Style | Vanity Fair

The shocking theft of the Mona Lisa, in August 1911, appeared to have been solved 28 months later, when the painting was recovered. In an excerpt from their new book, the authors suggest that the audacious heist concealed a perfect-and far more lucrative-crime.

Articles about the Louvre

Bloomberg: Louvre's 8.5 Million Visitors Keep It as No. 1 Museum Worldwide

March 30 (Bloomberg) -- The Louvre in Paris and the British Museum in London were the world's most visited museums last year, drawing 8.5 million and 5.93 million people respectively, the Art Newspaper said in an annual ranking.

The Louvre was also in first place in the 2007 ranking, when the British Museum was in fourth position.

New York Times - On a Mission to Loosen Up the Louvre By CAROL VOGEL Published: October 9, 2009

an interview with Henri Loyrette, the Louvre's director - on the Louvre and plans for expansion

Louvre Director Strives to Expand and Re-Brand the Museum - ARTINFO.com

Henri Loyrette has won both critics and admirers for his plans to build an endowment, expand to Abu Dhabi, and open a new wing for Islamic art.

The Art Newspaper - France's big splash vs Britain's slow infiltration

Ever since the Guggenheim opened in Bilbao, museums have started to go global. Two of the world's top museum directors explain their foreign policy

Louvre - The New York Times

News about the Louvre. Commentary and archival information about the Louvre from The New York Times.

New York Times - Transforming the Louvre in Uncertain Times

Over the past six years, the Louvre museum has undergone a transformation that has fundamentally changed the way it operates. This allowed it to score successes ranging from important acquisitions to the most spectacular rise in attendance anywhere in the world, to major archaeological discoveries.

Articles about Louvre Exhibitions

Louvre Opens a Major Retrospective of the Great Renaissance Master ~ Andrea Mantegna | Art Knowledge News

The Louvre's major retrospective of the work of one of great masters of the Italian Renaissance: Andrea Mantegna. On exhibition 26th September through 5th January, 2009.

Cy Twombly ~ Third Contemporary Artist Invited to Install a Permanent Work at the Louvre | Art Knowledge News

Cy Twombly -Third Contemporary Artist Invited to Install a Permanent Work at the Louvre.

The Louvre opens Holy Russia: Russian Art from the Beginnings to Peter the Great | Art Knowledge News

The Louvre opens Holy Russia: Russian Art from the Beginnings to Peter the Great. On exhibition 5 March through 24 June, 2010.

Blogging about the Louvre

Making a Mark: The Louvre Museum in Paris

Initially I've just focused on paintings - and I've highlighted some of the collections. However there is a lot more to the Louvre than paintings. I think of it as being what you would get if you merged the British Museum and the National Gallery in London.

Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: A Day in the Musée du Louvre

I find the Louvre to be a complete maze and I always get lost in it. It's difficult to get to grips with just how big the Louvre really is, how difficult it can be to navigate or how utterly frustrating this can be on occasion!

Le Louvre des Familles

Dernièrement, j'ai découvert une petite merveille : la carte Louvre Familles. Je vous entends d'ici : «encore une carte, j'en ai plein mon portefeuille !». Alors j'ai décidé de tenir ce blog, et je vais vous prouver que cette carte est un trésor que vous devrez garder à portée de main !