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...Richelieu wing is only part of the $1 billion Grand Louvre project, which is likely to last three more years. But last week's opening, which also - marked the museum's 200th anniversary, completed Pei's vision of a subterranean crossroads linking every wing to a central starting point. Before the renovation, the entrances were confusing, and the Richelieu wing, occupied by the Finance Ministry, had been subdivided into a warren of cluttered, low- ceilinged offices. Apart from the Napoleon III apartments, the entire structure had to be gutted and rebuilt by an international team of architects under...
Paris' Louvre Museum celebrated its 200th birthday with the inauguration of the Richelieu wing. This second phase of the museum's spectacular $1 billion renovation -- the dream of President Francois Mitterrand and the work of Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei -- nearly doubles the museum's exhibition space...
...plainly older, hair dominantly gray. But the message was the same: "In America every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is merely the latest milestone for a voyage that never ends." And the humor that carried him through so much adversity was still handy: "This marks the 200th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the White House. By the way, my back is still killing...
...prominent women scholars gathered in Agassiz House yesterday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women...
...event, culminating in a symposium marking the 200th anniversary of Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman, kicks off today and will feature discussions by several noted scholars in the field...