Musée du Louvre

The Louvre is one of the world’s most celebrated museums and a defining landmark of Paris. Housed within the historic Louvre Palace, whose origins date to the late 12th century, it presents nearly 35,000 works spanning prehistory to the 21st century. Its collections encompass Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman and Islamic antiquities, alongside sculpture, decorative arts, paintings, prints and drawings. The museum’s iconic glass pyramid, designed by I. M. Pei, creates a striking dialogue between contemporary architecture and centuries of history.