The museography of the Louvre Abu Dhabi required us to embrace several equally important founding principles: To give the world a message about the need for dialogue between civilisations, respect for diversity. To build a place of artistic, cultural, scientific and technical excellence in the United Arab Emirates. To create a project with a strong Abu Dhabi identity, while at the same time drawing on the identity of the Louvre. To establish a relationship of perfect continuity and mutual enhancement between the architecture and the museography. To serve the museographic programme as closely as possible to its requirements and subtleties. To ensure that the works of art are perfectly conserved. To create an atmosphere of both concentration and pleasure, geared towards passing on knowledge and learning about taste. Betting on the education of young audiences, both Emirati and international. To give the world a message about the need for dialogue between civilisations, respect for diversity and the pooling of intelligence.