A DAY IN LOUVRE (MUSEUM)

This time I was accompanied by Ate Riza , a friend of my friend Myra, and her daughter who was so eager to pose for my camera. We availed the Bato Bus tourist boat that ply in the Seine River. It is much like a hop on hop off bus. The Louvre is one of their stops.

 

The Musée du Louvre or  the Louvre Museum is the world's most visited art museum. The famous central landmark of Paris is almost rectangular in shape. The museum has three entrances; main entrance is at the pyramid another is at the Carrousel du Louvre underground shopping mall and the third is at the Porte des Lions near the Denon Wing.

 

 

 

The  pyramid is controversial because many believe that the futuristic structure is out of place and it  was also rumored to have 666 glass pane,  has two smaller pyramids on its side.  The larger pyramid was built no only as  the main entrance but the lobby below  serves to accommodate the large influx of tourists. It is estimated that almost 15,000 visitors visit the museum everyday. The Pyramid Inversee or the Inverted Pyramid made famous by the "The Vinci Code" novel and movie is located at the Carousel du Louvre shopping mall.

pyramid at the entrance

 The Louvre contains more than 380,000 objects which  includes sculptures, paintings, drawings, and archaeological finds. The most popular attraction is,of course,the Mona Lisa. 

photo op with The Mona Lisa

The enormous museum has 10 departments namely:
 1.  Oriental Antiquities
 2.  Egyptian Antiquities
 3.  Greco-Romans Antiquities
 4.  Paintings
 5.  Sculptures
 6.  Art Objects
 7.  Art of Islam
 8.  Prints and Drawings
 9.  Medieval Louvre
 10. Arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania and      Americas

They allow cameras and videocameras but with no flash..Below are some(many actually) of the pictures I took during my visit:

with Ate Riza's cute daughter and her stuff toy