The Louvre Museum displays its complete collection online
The Louvre announced that its entire collections are now available for online viewing through the collections.louvre.fr site, and this includes items on loan or in storage, which is exciting for museum fans.
The Louvre Museum launched two new digital tools to bring the richness of the Louvre collections to the world's fingertips.
The first tool is collection.louvre.fr, a platform that for the first time brings together all the museum's artworks in one place, while the second tool is a new and improved louvre.fr website that is more user-friendly.
The collections.louvre.fr database is designed for both researchers and curious art enthusiasts.
It contains more than 482,000 items on display, including works from the Louvre and the Eugene Delacroix National Museum, sculptures from the Tuileries and Carrousel Gardens, and works recovered from the National Museums after World War II and entrusted to the Louvre so they can be returned to their rightful owners.
The entire Louvre collection is available online for the first time ever, whether the works are on display in the museum, on long-term loan at other French institutions, or in storage.
The site offers several ways to delve into groups: simple or advanced searches, entries by the curation section, and thematic albums.
The interactive map helps visitors prepare or extend their visit and allows them to explore the museum room by room.
The database is regularly updated by museum experts, and it continues to grow and reflects progress in research.
The Louvre Museum's new website louvre.fr is designed to reach the largest possible audience. It is divided into three main sections: Visit, Explore, What's New, and includes 482,000 items on display.
Focusing on the works in the collections on display, the site invites visitors to appreciate the former palace as they move from room to room.
The photos and videos are available in French, English, Spanish, and Chinese, and in 2020 the site received 21 million visits.
The site can be visited via tablets and computers, but it is mainly intended for use via smartphones, given the widespread use of mobile devices today.
And the website is designed to stay in sync with the Louvre as the museum develops more digital content.
"The museum sheds dust from its treasures, even the least known," says Jean-Luc Martinez, president and director of the Louvre.
He added: Anyone can access the entire collection of works from a computer or smartphone for free, whether they are on display in the museum, on loan, or even in the long term, or stored.
The cultural heritage of the Louvre is only a click away, and this digital content inspires even more people to come to the museum to discover the collections in person.