Did the Louvre Museum have a role in the French Revolution?

No. It was turned into a public museum in 1793 , 4 years after the start of the revolution before that it was used to house the royal art collection after Louis XIV moved his place of living to Versailles just outside of Paris. read more

Relive the French Revolution and meet its most fascinating characters through the Louvre’s collections. Marie-Antoinette, Louis XVI, Marat and the Bastille all stand as symbols of an era that bore witness to the end of the Ancien Régime and the advent of the Republic. read more

Like most of the museums in the west the Louvre was at one point in history the proof of France’s grandeur and influence with art coming from Mesopotamia, ancient greece, south east asia, just like the British museum for example. Today the Louvre’s mission is to preserve art and to put it on display from the antiquities to the mid 19th century. read more