Is the state art and cultural-historical museum in St. Petersburg; one of the largest museums in the world

British Museum is one of the largest museums in the world, located in London. The first state museum in Europe. Founded in 1753, operational since 1759. Benin bronze), as well as paintings, engravings, ceramics, coins, medals were collected. The ethnographic department of the museum has a wide range of cultural monuments of Africa, America, Oceania and other nations. Firdausi's "Shahnoma" (1440, decorated with 31 miniatures), the manuscript of "Boburnoma" (copied in the second half of the 16th century), the Amudarya treasure (1877, found on the shore of Amudarya) and others are stored in this museum. The library of the British Museum has more than 7 million books, about 105 thousand manuscripts, about 100 thousand charters (handwritten documents) and labels, and more than 3 thousand papyri. The museum has been publishing its magazine since 1926.
The Louvre Museum The Louvre is one of the largest museums in the world. The famous architectural monument in Paris is located in the building of the former royal residence. It was founded as a national art museum by the decree of the Revolutionary Convention in 1791 and opened to the public on November 8, 1793. The Louvre Foundation was formed by the former royal collection, as well as the confiscated collections of monasteries, churches and noble families; It became rich with many works of art acquired during Napoleon's campaigns, bought from different countries, and donated. The museum consists of 6 departments: fine and applied arts, sculpture (Middle Ages, Renaissance, later period), Greek and Roman monuments, Kad. Eastern monuments, Qad. Egyptian monuments. Among them, Eastern monuments are of world importance; the French art (especially the picture gallery) is excellent. The Louvre has collected rare works of art of the world famous (Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, etc.). The exposition of the museum is arranged in chronological order and in the style of national schools, and large private donated collections are arranged separately.
The Louvre building is the main architectural monument in the historical part of Paris, built in the beginning of the 13th and 14th centuries in place of the old palace. In 1546-74, the architect P. Lesko built a palace in the Renaissance style, J. Gujon worked on the sculptural decorations. Expansion and reconstruction of the building (J. Lemercier, from 1624; Louvre Levo, 1661-64; C. Perrault, 1667-74; L. Visconti and E. Lefuel, "New L.", later the Gallery of Pictures) of the 20th century continued until the end
For the first time, the doors of the museum were opened to the public on November 8, 1793, during the French Revolution. Among his thousands of paintings and sculptures, there are famous works such as Gioconda (Mona Lisa), Venus of Milos, Nika of Samothrace, paintings by Rembrandt, Titian and Leonardo da Vinci. In 1989, a glass pyramid created by I. M. Pei was added to the center of the building.