Louvre begins evacuating artworks as floodwaters rise
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[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-shuts-louvre-museum-to-evacuate-artworks-as-flood-waters-rise-a7061876.html[/url]
[quote]Officials have closed Paris's Louvre museum so its priceless artworks can be moved to safety amid the threat of flooding from the nearby River Seine.
The Musée d'Orsay, on the opposite bank of the river, also closed early on Thursday night as a precautionary measure.
The Louvre will remain closed on Friday to allow staff to evacuate tens of thousands of “reserve” paintings and sculptures in its underground store rooms.[/quote]
I'll look after some for them if they run out of space
During the Second World War the National Gallery in London sent its stock to a coal mine in Wales and when the war ended a few of the lesser-known works were found in the curator's house
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