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The Louvre Museum, one of the most important museums of the world, is in redevelopment plans which could be extended until 2020. A little more than two decades took place construction was made to house a total of 4.5 million tourists a year, however this figure has been rising over time, reaching 9 million the number of tourists Louvre enter to enjoy the world’s largest collections. For these reasons it has been considering the extension of this jewel of art, which is expected to follow the same parameters of the current museum, respecting the work performed by its architect.
The renovation work were presented to the press by the minister of culture, Christine Albanel, the French, saying that the total construction cost of change could reach 650 million euros, money that will be sponsored by the French state itself. In the same way, the directors of the museum announced the construction of a storage center and research for all the museums of Paris, as many institutions could be affected by the flood of the Seine, this has arisen due to various climatic accidents have hit cities like New Orleans and Dresden. This space also houses a place to store backup works all the museums in Paris, will also be used as a research and restoration workshop. In the Louvre Museum modifications were made to the galleries devoted to eighteenth-century furniture and English and French painting from earlier centuries.