Hamdan Bin Rashid visits Paris

H. H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance yesterday visited the French capital, at the invitation of Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Sheikh Hamdan, and the accompanying delegation, began their visit to Paris with a tour to "The Louvre Museum" where they visited the Islamic arts building, which was officially opened last September as a major part of the Louvre Museum. The museum has a collection of over 1 million works of art, of which about 35 000 are on display, spread out over three wings of the former palace. The museum has a diverse collection ranging from the Antiquity up to the mid 19th century.