Louvre Abu Dhabi
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In March 2007, the Louvre in Paris announced that a Louvre museum would be completed by 2012 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The thirty-year agreement, signed by French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and Sheik Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, will prompt the construction of a Louvre museum in downtown Abu Dhabi in exchange for $1.3 billion USD. It has been noted that the museum will showcase work from multiple French museums, including the Louvre, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Musée d'Orsay and Palace of Versailles. However, Donnedieu de Vabres stated at the announcement that the Paris Louvre would not sell any of its 35,000-piece collection, on display.
The establishment of this museum has been approved by the French Parliament on October 9, 2007. The architect for the building will be Jean Nouvel[1] and the engineers are Buro Happold.
The museum will be part of a cultural complex which will be established on Saadiyat Island, a complex which will also include three other museums among which a Guggenheim Museum[2].
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