The museum was established in the year 1856. the records say that around 1.3 million visitors visit the museum every year. There are four permanent exhibition galleries which are named as the Grand Hall, The First People’s Hall, The Canada Hall and the Canadian Personality’s Hall. The Grand Hall has largest color photograph of the world displayed. There is a permanent exhibition which narrates the history of the original inhabitants of Canada and their social and cultural development.

The Museum is one of the most popular public destinations of the country. Every year it attracts thousands of foreign tourists and generates revenue for the Canadian Government.

Built as a fortress in France under Phillips II, Louvre now houses more than 35,000 objects from prehistoric times to the modern day.

Though mostly known for the section on art and sculpture, the louver, other than being home to Leonardo Da Vinci’s Monalisa, also showcases Egyptian and Eastern antiquities, Roman, Greek and Etruscan sculptures, Islamic art forms and much more.

The Louvre Museum is perhaps all the more appealing to people because of all the controversies it has borne. The Louvre has been claimed by several races including the Israelis and the Jews but was finally retained by the French in their capital city. With Louvre, standing tall, you have no dearth of places to visit on your Paris trip.