UAE, France open Louvre Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI – 8 November 2017: UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and French President Emmanuel Macron opened Wednesday the Louvre Abu Dhabi, UAE's WAM news agency reported.

In attendance were King Mohammed VI of Morocco, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, President Mohammed Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, and a host of guests representing several brotherly and friendly countries.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to bear the Louvre name outside France.