a replica of bassin d'apollo greets the visitors at the museum entrance. the same-scale replica was unveiled in 2014. the museum commissioned french artist gills perrault in 2008 to reproduce the fountain of apollo, same as the one in palace of versailles. it took three years for modern laser measuring and the plaster mold to be made in france for the reproduction sculpture, and another three years to carve the marbles in the city of carrara, italy.