What is École du Louvre?
{{Infobox University |name = École du Louvre |image =EcoleduLouvre porteJaujard.jpg |established = 1882 |type = Public |students= |city = [[Paris]] | campus = |country = [[France]] |coor = {{coord|48|51|39.269|N|2|19|51.371|E|region:FR_type:edu}} |affiliations= |website = http://www.ecoledulouvre.fr/ }} '''École du Louvre''' it is a public institution of [[France|French]] higher education located in the [[Louvre|Louvre Palace]] in [[Paris]] and teaches art history studies.<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000000387202/ Décret n°97-1085 du 25 novembre 1997 relatif à l'Ecole du Louvre]</ref> Founded in 1882 in one of the parts of the [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]], from an institution originally devised to study archeology, it became an institution covering the entire art history.<ref>[http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/culture/dmf-etabliss.htm Les services de l'administration centrale Direction des musées de France]</ref> It is organisationally and administratively dependent on the French Ministry of Culture and has been a public body since 1997.<ref>[http://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/orientation/actus-et-conseils/detail/article/l-ecole-du-louvre-multiplie-les-doubles-diplomes-3438/ L’école du Louvre multiplie les doubles diplômes]</ref> == Notable Former Students == * [[Louise Bourgeois]], French-American artist * [[Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing]], widow of 20th President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing * [[Miúcha]], Brazilian singer and composer == References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading == {{Commons|École du Louvre}} * [http://www.ecoledulouvre.fr/ Official website] {{Europe-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecole du Louvre}} [[Category:Universities in Paris]] [[Category:1882 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1880s establishments in France]]