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March 7, 2007

Louvre to build branch museum in Abu Dhabi

  • France will receive $525 million for the use of the Louvre brand alone. The overall project cost is estimated at $2 billion.
    • By JIM KRANE
    Associated Press Writer

    AP Photo/Ateliers Jean Nouvel; Gaston Bergeret [enlarge]
    This model shows the future branch of the Louvre in Abu Dhabi. It is one of four museums to be designed by celebrity architects that will anchor a new $27 billion cultural district.

    ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — France's storied Louvre museum, home to priceless art works like the Mona Lisa, said Tuesday it will open a new Louvre in this Persian Gulf boomtown, prompting outcries from some who accuse the museum of shilling France's patrimony for $1.3 billion in oil money.


     
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