Louvre

Musee du Louvre

Established	10 August 1793; 231 years ago (1793-08-10)
Location	Musée du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France
Type	Art museum and historic site
Collection size	615,797 in 2019[1] (35,000 on display)[2]
Visitors	2.7 million (2020)[3] Ranked 1st nationally Ranked 1st globally in 2020
Director	Jean-Luc Martinez
Curator	Marie-Laure de Rochebrune
Public transit access	Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre Louvre–Rivoli
Website	www.louvre.fr

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