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The Louvre, like many other museums and galleries, felt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage. It was closed for six months during French coronavirus lockdowns and saw visitor numbers plunge to 2.7 million in 2020, from 9.6 million in 2019 and 10.2 million in 2018, which was a record year. [79] [80]
North wing of Louvre facing main courtyard. The Louvre Palace (French: Palais du Louvre, [palɛ dy luvʁ]), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.
Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain closed after pool water dyed red in apparent pro-Palestine demonstration Deanese Williams-Harris, Rebecca Johnson, Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune Updated June 22 ...
Visitors in the Grande Galerie. The Grande Galerie (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d ɡalʁi]), in the past also known as the Galerie du Bord de l'Eau (Waterside Gallery), is a wing of the Louvre Palace, perhaps more properly referred to as the Aile de la Grande Galerie (Grand Gallery Wing), [1] since it houses the longest and largest room of the museum, also referred to as the Grande Galerie ...
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However, much of the Louvre art collection was hauled on trucks (203 vehicles transporting 1862 wooden cases) and sent to Château de Chambord. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The crates had a marking to identify the importance of the art pieces they contained: a yellow circle for very valuable art pieces, green for major works and red for world treasures ...
On Jan. 2, 1999, 26 years ago today, a major snowstorm hammered the Midwest. Areas around Lake Michigan took the hardest hit. ... In Chicago, what was already a disruptive snowstorm was boosted by ...