Louvre To Launch New Islamic Art Galleries In September

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FRANCE---The Louvre is to launch their new Islamic Galleries on 22 September. The galleries will provide a permanent home for the Museum’s unrivalled Collection of Islamic Art, the largest in France and one of the most important in the world. Over 2,500 objects, many of which have never been on public display before, will occupy a surface of nearly 3,000 square meters. The galleries will present the entire cultural breadth of the Islamic world, from Spain to India, between the seventh and nineteenth century. [link]