The Louvre Abu Dhabi opened its doors to the public on Saturday, drawing thousands of visitors as cosmopolitan as the United Arab Emirates itself, a symbol of the Gulf nation´s ambitions on the global stage….
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#Travel: Louvre Abu Dhabi, first of its kind
The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to bear the Louvre name outside France, presents around 600 pieces in a modern, light-filled structure in harmony with its desert-island setting. Flagged as “the first universal museum…
#Travel: Louvre Abu Dhabi gears up for launch
More than a decade in the making, the Louvre Abu Dhabi opens its doors this week, bringing the famed name to the Arab world for the first time. French President Emmanuel Macron is set to…
#Travel: Long-delayed Louvre Abu Dhabi to open its doors in November
The Louvre Abu Dhabi will finally open its doors to the public in November, bringing to the Gulf Mesopotamian artifacts and post-impressionist masterpieces in the first Louvre-branded museum outside of Paris. Housing 600 works of…
Night at the museum: will.i.am bigs up the Louvre
He is after all rap’s renaissance man. The singer will.i.am revealed to the world Tuesday the results of his most unlikely collaboration yet after he was allowed to spend an “awesome” night inside the Louvre…
#Travel: Paris Louvre is world’s most-visited museum
The famous Louvre in France received 9.3 million visitors last year, retaining its title as the most-visited museum in the world, the Paris attraction announced Tuesday. Foreign visitors represented 70 percent of ticket sales, with…