A Museum Fit for a King | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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5. One day is enough to see everything in the Louvre.

False → Even a whole day is not enough.

15. François Mitterrand expanded the museum in 1981.

True

7. The Louvre was originally built as a palace.

False → It was first built as a fortress.

9. The Louvre became a palace during the 1200s.

False → It became a palace in the 1500s.

10. King Henry IV added a section called the Grande Galerie.

True

12. The art in the Louvre was always open to the public.

False → It became public after the French Revolution, in 1793.

8. King Charles V turned one of the towers into a library.

True

2. The Louvre is located on the Seine River in Paris.

True

14. Today, the Louvre is privately owned.

False → It is owned and operated by the French government.

19. The pyramid design was based on Chinese art.

False → It was inspired by Egyptian artifacts in the Louvre.

17. Visitors used to have trouble finding the museum entrance.

True

1. The Louvre is the largest art museum in the world.

True

4. The Louvre’s collection includes nearly 300,000 items.

True

3. The museum has only seven rooms.

False → It has seven major areas and over 100 rooms.

18. I. M. Pei designed a glass pyramid to mark the entrance.

True

16. The Louvre became smaller during Mitterrand’s project.

False → The museum became almost twice as big.

20. Famous artworks in the Louvre include the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo.

True

11. By 1624, King Louis XIII had made the Louvre four times bigger.

True

13. The Louvre opened to the public in 1793.

True

6. The original section of the Louvre was built over 800 years ago.

True