The Louvre-Lens in northern France was designed by SANAA, the Tokyo firm of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, with Imrey Culbert of New York. Catherine Mosbach did the landscape and Studio Adrien Gardère the museography. The Ministry of Culture and the Louvre directorate launched the plan, and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region primarily funds the museum. The infobox gives 2012 as established, and the text says it officially opened on December 4, 2012. No construction dates are given.
The article names no style. It describes low-profile structures with glass walls and polished aluminum facades, with a central block and wings that echo the Paris Louvre. The museum is 1,181 feet (360 m) long, with 28,000 square meters of exhibition space on a 20-hectare former mine site.
The infobox lists 700,000 first-year visitors, while the text says about 900,000. A bus shuttle runs from Lens station. The article gives no hours or prices.
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