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Collections & departments Department of Near Eastern Antiquities

The historical and geographical context of our collection spans a nine-thousand year period from prehistory to the early Islamic Period, and encompasses an area stretching from North Africa to the Indus Valley and Central Asia, and from the Black Sea (Anatolia) to the Arabian peninsula (as far as the Indian Ocean).

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Department director: Béatrice Adré-Salvini, General curator
Assistant department director: Françoise Demange, Chief curator

Study and research center

  • Interim documentation manager: Alain Duclos
  • Scientific information specialists: Isabel Bonora, Monique Buresi, Laure-Cassandre Devic, Isabelle Franceschi, Catherine Giraudon, Patrick Pouyssegur
  • Collection computerization: Nicolas Benoit
  • Draftswoman: Caroline Florimont
  • SHAMASH database administrator, Research assistant: Nicole Chevalier
  • Scientific and technical associate for exhibitions: Marianne Cotty

Collections

  • Epigraphy (Mesopotamia, Iran, the Levant): Béatrice André-Salvini
  • Iran / Central Asia: Agnès Benoît
  • The Levant / Bronze Age: Sophie Cluzan
  • Mesopotamia / Pre-Islamic Arabia: Françoise Demange
  • The Levant / Assyria / Iron Age: Elisabeth Fontan
  • Anatolia / Late Antiquity: Nicolas Bel

Collection management

  • Artwork registrars: Anne Mettetal-Brand, Norbeil Aouici
  • Preservation and restoration manager: Mahmoud Alassi

Practical information

The Louvre is open every day (except Tuesday) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Night opening until 9:45 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays
 
Closed on the following holidays: January 1, May 1, December 25
 
Musée du Louvre, 75058 Paris - France
Métro: Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre (lines 1 and 7)
Tel.: +33 (0)1 40 20 53 17
 

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