LOUVRE MUSEUM

The Louvre is an art museum in Paris, France. Many tourists who visit Paris go to the Louvre. Every year, about 8 million people wander around the museum to see its large art collection. There are about 35,000 pieces of art on display. These include paintings, sculptures, and pictures. It is one of the largest collections of art in the world. There is so much art that if you spent eight hours per day looking at each piece for one minute, it would take about 75 days to see everything.

The Louvre is a very large place that can store all of this art. The museum is over 200,000 square meters. That is the same size as 45 American football fields. It would take a whole day just to walk through the Louvre even if you didn’t see any of the art. People who really want to see the museum should. Of course, such a large place with so many pieces of art demands lots of hard work. About 2,000 people work at the Louvre. They need people to do everything from cleaning the building to handling the art.

One art piece at the Louvre always gets special attention from visitors. The famous Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci has been at the Louvre since 1797. Due to its popularity, the painting has a whole room to itself on the 1st floor in the Denon Wing. There are usually many visitors in the room all day long. There are usually many visitors in the room all day long. Although seeing the Mona Lisa is a great experience, you should take the time to see the other works of art in the Louvre.