The museum features more than 600 artworks, half of which are on loan from other institutions.

Museum staff hope this will allow visitors from anywhere in the world to identify with the stories being told, and form new connections. Instead, he’s organized them chronologically and thematically. The difference here is the museum’s head curator, Jean-François Charnier, has chosen not to arrange pieces by place of origin. Through this wide-reaching collection they seek to examine the story of humanity through creativity. Much like the Louvre museum in Paris, the Louvre Abu Dhabi displays art and artifacts from throughout human history, originating from all over the globe. “See humanity in a new light.” The Louvre Abu Dhabi’s tagline conveys a message for the global community. It was just one facet of the country’s wider strategy to diversify the economy and, according to a statement by Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, to “inspire a new generation of cultural leaders and creative thinkers to contribute to our rapidly-changing and tolerant nation.” The deal would also see wider cultural exchange and high-profile collaborations between the two countries, including the establishment of an Abu Dhabi outpost of the Paris-Sorbonne University, and the renovation of the historic theater at Château de Fontainebleau.īut the idea for the museum – and the cultural district it would inhabit – came before the Louvre name was attached.

While the Louvre Abu Dhabi would be an entirely separate institution, France would loan artworks and provide management expertise for a number of years. As part of a larger $1.3 billion agreement with France's cultural authority, Agence France-Museums, the name of the Louvre would be loaned to Abu Dhabi for a reported $520 million. On March 6, 2007, France and the UAE signed an intergovernmental deal.

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