Louvre Abu Dhabi

Why go

Louvre Abu Dhabi is an art museum in the Saadiyat Cultural District on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi. Visit Abu Dhabi, the emirate's tourism site, says its galleries show works from ancient times to the contemporary era, with loans from the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay and the Centre Pompidou beside the museum's own collection, and temporary exhibitions through the year; it says a Louvre Abu Dhabi ticket also gives access to the Children's Museum. The building is by Jean Nouvel; its dome, made up of 7,850 stars, casts shifting patterns of sunlight that Nouvel called the 'rain of light'. This record is Louvre Abu Dhabi, a separate museum from the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The museum's own site could not be read for this record; Visit Abu Dhabi directs visitors there for ticket categories, opening hours and tours.