Located on the right bank of the Seine in Paris, before becoming a museum the Louvre was a fortress in the Middle Ages and, from the Renaissance until 1793, a palace. It then became the Central Arts Museum with the Grand Gallery and the Salon Carré accessible to the public. Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries the collections gradually took over most of the space.

Today, the Louvre Museum is the largest museum in the world. Its collections include works of art from the Near and Middle East, from Egypt and Europe. It covers a very long period running from Prehistory to the middle of the 19th century.

They are organized into seven departments :

- Oriental Antiquities Department
- Egyptian Antiquities Department
- Greek, Roman and Etruscan Antiquities Department
- Objets d’Art Department
- Sculptures Department
- Paintings Department
- Islamic Arts Department

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To find out more and prepare for your visit, you can visit the museum’s website