Places to see in Paris: Louvre Museum

Nowadays one of the most famous museums in the world, the Louvre Museum was opened on August, 10th 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being confiscated church and royal property. During time the collection was expanded greatly, and today the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments:

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

The Louvre Museum is a central landmark of Paris and located on the right bank of the Seine river in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Every day the museum is visited by 15,000 (on average), making the Louvre Museum the most visited museum in the world.