On August 10, 1793, the Louvre, a royal palace in Paris, was opened as a public museum by the French revolutionary government. Before this time, many in France called for a public display of the royal collections. On August 10, 1793, the revolutionary government opened the Musée Central des Arts in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre. Today, the Louvre’s collection is one of the richest in the world, with art and artifacts representative of 11,000 years of civilization.
