The Louvre Abu Dhabi is an art museum in the UAE created in partnership with its namesake in Paris. For the museum, French architect Jean Nouvel designed a new building on the island of Saadiyat.
Photographer Benjamin MONN c/o KRISTINA KORB visited the LOUVRE Abu Dhabi for you.
The collection on display at the museum is part of the private estate of the family of the Imir of Abu Dhabi, headed at the moment by Muhammad bin Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who has also been President of the United Arabian Emirates (UAE) since 14 May 2022. The museum was officially opened on 11 November 2017.
Muhammad bin Zayid supported construction of the museum – including the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi that is still to come – plus cultural heritage sites such as Qasr Al Hosn.
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