{"id":25651,"date":"2017-01-09T07:37:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=25651"},"modified":"2024-03-26T07:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T11:57:43","slug":"terror-be-damned-the-louvre-is-still-the-worlds-greatest-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2017\/01\/terror-be-damned-the-louvre-is-still-the-worlds-greatest-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror be damned \u2013 the Louvre is still the world&#8217;s greatest gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Jonathan Jones&#8217;s report in The Guardian, the Louvre saw a drop in attendance due to the recent terror attacks. \u00a0The museum announced that it had 7.3 million visitors in 2016, down from 8.6 million in 2015, 9.3 million in 2014, 9.2 million in 2013 and 9.7 million in 2012. \u00a0From the numbers, it appears that it has actually been on a decline since 2012 (in case you are wondering, the Met saw a record 6.3 million visitors in 2015 &#8230; the 2016 numbers are not out yet). \u00a0For more of his thoughts on the Louvre, use the link below.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/jonathanjonesblog\/2017\/jan\/06\/louvre-worlds-greatest-gallery-visitor-numbers-paris-nice-terror-attacks\">Terror be damned \u2013 the Louvre is still the world&#8217;s greatest gallery | Art and design | The Guardian<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Jonathan Jones&#8217;s report in The Guardian, the Louvre saw a drop in attendance due to the recent terror attacks. \u00a0The museum announced that it had 7.3 million visitors in 2016, down from 8.6 million in 2015, 9.3 million &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2017\/01\/terror-be-damned-the-louvre-is-still-the-worlds-greatest-gallery\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[65,11,9],"class_list":["post-25651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-museums","tag-rehs-contemporary-news","tag-rehs-galleries-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Terror be damned \u2013 the Louvre is still the world&#039;s greatest gallery - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2017\/01\/terror-be-damned-the-louvre-is-still-the-worlds-greatest-gallery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Terror be damned \u2013 the Louvre is still the world&#039;s greatest gallery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to Jonathan Jones&#8217;s report in The Guardian, the Louvre saw a drop in attendance due to the recent terror attacks. \u00a0The museum announced that it had 7.3 million visitors in 2016, down from 8.6 million in 2015, 9.3 million &hellip; More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2017\/01\/terror-be-damned-the-louvre-is-still-the-worlds-greatest-gallery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howard.rehs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-09T12:37:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-26T11:57:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Howard L. 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