The Louvre currently has only one entrance—the iconic glass pyramid by architect I.M. Pei, opened in 1989. Overcrowding of the throughway in recent years has led to both a greenhouse-like ...

Opened in 1793, during the French Revolution, t he Louvre holds over 35,000 artworks grouped into eight curatorial departments, including the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory of Samothrace and Venus de Milo.

The Louvre Pyramid was completed in 1989 and is part of the entrance to the modern Louvre art gallery. Pixabay A publicly accessible art museum opened in the Louvre on this day in 1793, and it’s ...