Culture shopping

Directing our steps to the entrance of the Louvre (under the inverted pyramid) we were distracted by a glittering lit gallery with pop art to our right. PRINTEMPS du Louvre newly opened! A flyer describes the space as  "designed to be a refined and elegant store, it combines majestic volume and noble materials such as the Burgundy stone which is in complete harmony with the carousel du Louvre". Ergo - designed to have the experience of culture shopping.  (Would Thoreau have understood?)

http://departmentstoreparis.printemps.com/news/w/Printemps-Louvre-35069

Open every day from 10 am to 8 pm, Chinese and English speaking French staff, free wi-fi, changing art exhibitions and a promise that the 26.910 square feet are 'entirely dedicated to luxury'. Perhaps in competition with the Louvre??

En plus, one can get a 12 % tax refund with the automatic self-service tax refund machines….

(Thoreau may have liked that!)

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It was Wednesday and the Louvre closes at 10 pm.  We therefore did not miss to see the 'Treasury of St. Maurice's Abbey' a newly installed exhibition.  Luxury from another time…..

http://www.hotellouvremarsollier.com/blog/precious-jewels-from-saint-maurices-abbey-now-at-the-louvre/