Housed in a royal residence, which major museum was established in the midst of the revolution?

With construction started in the 16th century by King Francis I, the Louvre palace was turned into a museum by the revolutionary government in 1793. Called the Musée Central des Arts in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre, the royal collection of art was now on public display, serving as a symbol of the Enlightenment period from which the revolution sprung.

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