Louvre named the most popular museum of France
French Ministry of Culture has published data on the most visited museums and exhibitions of the country
Head and largest museum of France - The Louvre - for the year 8.2 million people visited. Versailles, the second most popular National Assembly of the Republic, saw 5.3 million people, the newspaper Le Figaro, referring to the Ministry of Culture of France.
In the ministerial statement noted that tourists are willing not only to huge metropolitan assemblies, but also in local, among which the most popular were Fabre Museum in Montpellier, the palace of Fontainebleau, the Allied Museum boarding ARROMANCHES Cathedral in Narbonne.
The most successful exhibition of the year was the project «From Cezanne to Picasso» in Paris' Orsay Museum (482 thousand visitors). Alain Kirili sculptures in the museum greenhouses, also located in the capital, saw almost 217 thousand people. The exhibition of Egyptian antiquities in the small Valenciennes visited for three months 115.5 thousand people.
According to the Ministry of Culture of France, in 2007 in French museums visited 52 million people. This is 4 per cent more than in 2006-m. For three years, attendance has grown by 9 per cent.
Source:
Permanent link to:
https://artinvestment.ru/en/news/artnews/20081017_france_museums.html
https://artinvestment.ru/news/artnews/20081017_france_museums.html
© artinvestment.ru, 2025
Attention! All materials of the site and database of auction results ARTinvestment.RU, including illustrated reference information about the works sold at auctions, are intended for use exclusively for informational, scientific, educational and cultural purposes in accordance with Art. 1274 of the Civil Code. Use for commercial purposes or in violation of the rules established by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is not allowed. ARTinvestment.RU is not responsible for the content of materials submitted by third parties. In case of violation of the rights of third parties, the site administration reserves the right to remove them from the site and from the database on the basis of an application from an authorized body.
