■ Name of the Exhibition Masterpieces from the Louvre Museum: 19th Century French Paintings - from Neoclassicism to Romanticism ■ Opening period Saturday, April 9, 2005 - Monday, July 18, 2005 (87 days in total) ■ Name of the Venue YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART Minato Mirai 3-4-1, Nishi-ku, Yokohama ■ Access ◆ By Train ●Sakuragicho station (JR, Tokyu Toyoko Line, Yokohama subway). 10 minutes-walk using moving walkway. ●Minatomirai station (Minatomirai Line). 3 minutes-walk from the exits either from "Museum" exit or “Keyaki Street” exit. ◆ By Car ●Take the road leading from Sakuragicho station towards the Nippon Maru. Or turn right at the Sakuragicho station towards Momijizaka intersection towards the MM21 district, and proceed towards the Museum. ●From Yokohama station, take the Takashimacho MM21 district entrance and proceed towards the Museum. ●In either way, it will take approximately 3-5 minutes. (It is possible to utilize the Minato Mirai Ramp from the main Expressway). ■ Opening Hours 10：00〜18：00 (〜20：00 every Friday and Saturday; April 29 - May 7; July 17) ＊Last admission 30minutes before closing ■ Days Closed Every Thursday. (Please note that the Museum is closed on Monday, May 9, 2005.) ＊Please note that the Museum is open during Friday, April 29, 2005 - Sunday, May 8, 2005 (during the Golden Week). ◆ Organizers Yokohama Museum of Art (Yokohama Arts Foundation); Louvre Museum; Nippon Television Network Corporation; Yomiuri Shimbun; ◆ Under the Auspices of Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Agency for Cultural Affairs; Embassy of France; Sopexa; City of Yokohama; NHK Yokohama ◆ Main Sponsor Daiwa Securities Group ◆ Sponsors Dai Nippon Printing; NEC; Nissay Dowa General Insurance Company; Queen’s Square YOKOHAMA [at!]; QUEEN’S EAST; Pan Pacific Hotel Yokohama; Queen’s Square YOKOHAMA ◆ In Special Cooperation with Japan Airlines; Nippon Express; JR East Japan ◆ In Cooperation with Keihin Electric Express Railways Co., Ltd.; Sagami Railway Co. Ltd.; Yokohama Cable Vision; Tokyu Corporation; Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company; Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 Corporation; Minato Mirai 21 Community Building Council; Minato Mirai 21 Promotion Council; BS Japan; CS Japan; Yokohama-City Cable Television Association; Radio Japan; FM Yokohama; TOKYO FM; Nippon Cultural Broadcasting ◆ Planning Support by NTV Europe ■ Exhibition Tour Exhibition in Kyoto will be held after exhibition in Yokohama Saturday, July 30, 2005 - Sunday, October 16, 2005 (70 days in total) Kyoto Museum (in Okazaki Park, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto) ◆ Organizers Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Louvre Museum; Yomiuri TV; Yomiuri Shimbun ◆ Under the Auspices of Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Agency for Cultural Affairs; Embassy of France; others ◆ Main sponsor Daiwa Securities Group ◆ Sponsors Dai Nippon Printing; Nissay Dowa General Insurance Company; others ◆ In special cooperation with Japan Airlines; Nippon Express; others ◆ Planning support by NTV Europe ■ Admission Per Person (including consumption tax) Ticket type Adult College / high school students Junior / elementary school students General admission \1,500 \1,000 \500 Group discount \1,400 \900 \400 ◆Group tickets applicable to groups with 20 or more people ◆Tickets are also valid for the Collections Exhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art ◆The advance ticket sales are available until Friday, April 8th. Current day tickets are available from Saturday, April 9th. ◆Ticket sales are available through major ticket agencies like “TICKET PIA”, “LAWSON TICKET”, “e+ (e-plus)”, and “CN PLAYGUIDE”, Yokohama Museum of Art Museum Shop, JR Reservation Ticket Office, View Plaza, and others.