(Fighting against New Crown Pneumonia) France announces the opening of museums and historical monuments, Louvre reopens on July 6
China News Agency, Paris, May 29 (Reporter Li Yang) French official local time announced the restoration of the museum and historical monuments on May 29, and the Louvre will reopen on July 6.
French Minister of Culture Leist met with the heads of the main museums and historical monuments management agencies in France and set a schedule for the reopening of museums and historical monuments. The schedule was announced by the French Ministry of Culture that evening.
According to the French Ministry of Culture, according to Prime Minister Philip ’s announcement of the second phase of the “unblocking” plan on 28th, all museums and monuments can be reopened after June 2 and these venues are ready to welcome visitors again this summer. 'S exhibition is also scheduled to be rescheduled in the fall.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, reopened museums and historical monuments will take "all measures" to protect the health of staff and visitors: visitors must wear masks; maintain social distance to avoid crowding; strictly adopt sanitation and epidemic prevention.
According to the schedule, the museums and historical monuments that will reopen in June include the Palace of Versailles, Compiegne Castle, Orsay Museum, etc. Places such as Fontainebleau Palace, Grand Palace, Rodin Museum, Pompidou Center, Picasso Museum, and Jimei Museum are scheduled to reopen in July. The Louvre, which was closed in March due to the epidemic situation, will be reopened on July 6.
The Louvre said it will hold an "body and soul" exhibition this fall, featuring sculptures from the Italian Renaissance. The "German Renaissance Masters" exhibition originally scheduled for this spring will be held in October.
Martinez, director of the Louvre Museum, said that visiting the Louvre must strictly follow the recommendations of the health authorities, and both visitors and staff must feel safe in the Louvre. He said that even if the Treasures of the Louvre can be discovered in a virtual way during the "closure", it cannot replace people's feeling of standing in front of real artworks, which is why the museum exists.
From March 12 to May 22, the Louvre website received a total of tens of millions of virtual visitors. The number of virtual visitors who visited the site once soared to about 330,000, and before the outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia, the virtual The number of visitors is about 40,000.
In France, there were 28,714 deaths from New Coronary Pneumonia on the 29th, and severe cases dropped to 1,361. There were 597 newly diagnosed cases on the 29th. (Finish)