HIGHLIGHT
Constituent general assembly of the Agence France-Museums (July 11, 2007)
The agency’s mission is to implement the cooperation agreement signed on March 6, 2007 between France and the United Arab Emirates on the establishment of a world museum in Abu Dhabi.
It is made up of a dozen major public institutions who are partnering in the plan, foremost of them being the Louvre Museum.
Museum of modern art
of the center Pompidou
© F. de La Mure / M.A.E.
Around 1,200 museums draw more than 70 millions of visitors each year.
The Louvre, the Chateau de Versailles and the Musée d’Orsay alone welcome nearly 15 million people annually.
Most cities outside Paris have at least one museum. In addition, more than 1,500 historic buildings are open to the public (eight million visitors a year), with the Eiffel Tower the most popular attraction with 6 million visitors a year. Moreover, some 38,000 buildings are classified as historic monuments and as such are protected by the Ministry of Culture.
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