L'Eau primordiale - Leçons de Mésopotamie 1
History Exhibition

L'Eau primordiale - Leçons de Mésopotamie

Every day from Sep. 21 to Nov. 28

At Louvre Museum

1st Arr., Paris

👶Children's guide available for download
Accessible route recommended for reduced mobility
🏛️Exhibition is integrated into the permanent rooms

Trace the Tigris and Euphrates through millennia-old tablets and engineering marvels. This exhibition reframes the Louvre's Mesopotamian treasures as a story of humanity's first attempts to tame water, and the environmental ripple effects that still echo today.

Ancient Mesopotamia
Environmental history
Louvre collections
Hydraulic engineering

Sunday, September 20