Musée du Luxembourg
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The Musée du Luxembourg (French pronunciation: [myze dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is a museum at 19 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Established in 1750, it was initially an art museum located in the east wing of the Luxembourg Palace (the matching west wing housed the Marie de' Medici cycle by Peter Paul Rubens) and in 1818 became the first museum of contemporary art. In 1884 the museum moved into its current building, the former orangery of the Palace. The museum was taken over by the French Ministry of Culture and the French Senate in 2000, when it began to be used for temporary exhibitions, and became part of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux in 2010.[1][2]
Established | 1750; 274 years ago (1750) |
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Location | 19 rue de Vaugirard, Paris, France |
Coordinates | 48.8486°N 2.3340°E / 48.8486; 2.3340 |
Type | Temporary exhibitions |
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Website | museeduluxembourg.fr |