Le Louvre museum， which is located in the Le Louvr palace，has been there for more than 200 years， and it is famous for its four treasures which make the Le Louvre museum well-known all over the world，they are Mona Lisa， The Venus de Milo and Madonna The story of the museum is a complex one， which embraces the story of the palace: of the kings， queens， and commoners who built it; were conceived， lived， conspired， and died in it; fled it and decorated The story of the Louvre is also the story of Paris， and of France As the world's most famous and biggest museum， Le Louvre museum deserves the pride all over the world， it collects all kinds of precious works from history to now， from Europe to Asia，America，Africa The vast and comprehensive collection of the Louvre Museum is really difficult to There are over 30，000 works of art on display and easily more than 3 times that many articles catalogued in the The collection spans centuries of artistic The oldest artifact in the museum is 9，000 years It was discovered in Jordan in 1985 and is known as the "Statue from Ain Ghawn" The Louvre was not originally intended to be a public As a royal residence， the collections of antiques， drawings and paintings， first set up by Henry VI in 1671， were reserved for the privileged When Louis XIV left the Louvre， it became a "Palace of the Arts" and was used by resident The Palace of the Muses or "Musée"， where one could view the royal collections， was born in The "museum" concept was quite new at the time， but， with the influence of the Enlightenment， its time had The arts were becoming the right and the patrimony of the people and a new egalitarian spirit opened up a world once reserved for The French Revolution was to accomplish the already advanced plan of making the existing collections accessible to the A commission was entrusted with the job of organising the "Musée Central des Arts"， which opened in Apart from the collections of the king and those of the Academy， it included property seized from the C After 1794， many works of art came to the Louvre as spoils of Masterpieces from Italy arrived in Paris in July， Due to the great number of these， the museum had to be It was renamed the "Musée Napoleon" in It continued to grow under the management of Vivant Denon， through commissions， purchases and war After Napoleon's defeat though， the collection shrank dramatically since many works were returned to their country of origin and former Under the Restoration， the museum， which had lost its chief works， began a very active campaign to restore the collection， beginning with the "Venus de Milo" Renaissance and Modern sculptures from the Musée des Monuments Français (1824)， Egyptian works collected by Jean-François Champollion (1826)， the Musée Naval (1827)， the Spanish collection of Louis Philippe and Assyrian antiquities originating from the excavations of Paul-Emile Botta (1847) were The Second Republic and the Second Empire expanded the collection even The museum， more of which was opened to the public， continued to expand its New departments were added， such as the Etruscans， Ancient Greece and the Ancient O During the reign of Napoleon III， architect Visconti completed the P The Nouveau Louvre， which was inaugurated in 1857， finally completing the "Grand Dessin"， the Grand D That is， until the fire in 1871 burned down the Tuileries P In 1882， after eleven years of projects and delays， the Tuileries Palace ruins were demolished putting an end to the Louvre's function as a palatial As a national museum， the Louvre has continued through the 20th century to enrich and display its By the 1970s， the popularity of the museum had out grown its available In 1986， most of the post-1848 works of French artists were moved to the new Musée d'Orsay， which was established on the opposite bank of the S New renovations then began on the L In 1989， the new design was to allow as many people as possible to gain access to the The grand reception area under the Glass Pyramid is a very impressive and welcoming introduction to the By re-vitalizing its function as a museum， the Louvre Palace has rediscovered a rich and animated life in the heart of the
