The Musée du Louvre or simply the Louvre—is the most visited art museum in the whole world averaging 15,000 visitors per day, 65 percent of whom are foreign tourists. It contains nearly 100,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century. The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. At one time it was called the Musée Napoléon. It’s famous pyramid was built in 1988. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
Venus de Milo - a Greek statue of Aphrodite now famously missing her arms from the 2nd century BC.
Code of Hammurabi - This seven-foot (2-meter) basalt monolith is topped with the recognizable bas relief of King Hammurabi, ruler of Babylon in the 18th century B.C.
