Louvre of ground- and lower-ground-level interior spaces topped by a golden, undulating roof (fashioned from almost 9,000 steel tubes that form an interior web) that seems to float within the neo-Classical Visconti Courtyard in the middle of the Louvre's south wing. The galleries, which the museum had initially hoped to open by 2009, represent the first major architectural intervention at the Louvre since the addition of I.M. Pei's glass pyramid in 1989. On 5 February 2015, about one hundred archaeologists, protesting against commercial private involvement to protect France's heritage, blocked Louvre's ticket desks to facilitate free access to the museum. At
Architecture of the Paris Métro Musée du Louvre". As part of the change, Louvre station took on the name "Louvre – Rivoli". Nevertheless, the resulting configuration – with the specially decorated Louvre station at a further distance from the museum – is confusing. Other stations were subsequently redecorated on the theme of the landmark situated above them or to reflect the cultural significance of the name of the station. A handful of stations were redecorated according to more general themes as part of the 2000 celebrations of the Métro's centenary. Architecture of the Paris Métro From the original plain white tilework and "art nouveau" entrances,