Louvre Museum

Musee du Louvre officially called as Grand Louvre in English is the largest national museum in France. It is also called as Louvre Museum Great Louvre, and Louvre. Because of its historical monuments the museum is the most visited one in the world. This historical monument is located on the right bank of seine. The museum is built on an area of about 60,600 square meters and has nearly 35,000 objects that belong to the 19th century.

The museum was opened on august 10th 1793 with 53 paintings. Most of the work in the museum depicted the church and the royal properties. Due to some structural problems the museum was closed from 1796 till 1801. Under Napoleon regime the objects in the museum was increased and it was renamed as Musee Napoleon. And again the number of the objects was increased during the rule of Louis XVIII and Charles X. In addition during second French empire 20,000 pieces was added to the museum.

In 2008 the collection in the museum is divided into eight curatorial departments.

They are:

Egyptian Antiquities
Near Eastern Antiquities
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Islamic Art; Sculpture
Decorative Arts
Paintings
Prints
Drawings