sentences:  The Louvre-Lens annex is part of an effort to provide access to French cultural institutions for people who live outside of Paris.Though the museum maintains close institutional links with the Louvre, it is primarily funded by the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.The Ministry of Culture and the Louvre Directorate launched a plan, in 2003, to build a Louvre satellite museum in one of the 22 Regions of France.