Message #240

Name:	LENS, France (AP)
Date:	Tuesday November 30, 2004 12:15:41 pm MST
Subject:	Government Chooses Site for 'Louvre II'
Message:	The Louvre is just too full of art, and relief is now on the way. The French government has announced plans to build the Louvre II, an offshoot of the famed Paris museum, in northern France as a home for much of its art now sitting in storage. Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said Monday that Lens, in a region hurt by the loss of many industrial sector jobs, won the six-city contest to house the art. The 236,808 square foot museum will cost about $139 million to build. It is to feature 500-600 works from the Louvre's reserves. The European Union will pay for about a fifth of the museum's annual budget of $13 million to $16 million, with regional and local governments covering the rest. The new museum is to open in 2008.

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