The Louvre has developed a very close and unique relationship with the United States. It has long benefited from the generous financial support of American foundations, individual donors, and corporations, culminating in the establishment of American Friends of the Louvre in 2002. The Louvre is the most popular art museum among Americans traveling abroad, who represent nearly 1 million of its 8.5 million annual visitors.
The Louvre has been involved in a variety of exhibitions co-organized with American museums. Recent examples include:
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Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
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Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Art
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David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre at The Morgan Library & Museum
