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
Structure of the British Army in 1989 Structure of the British Army in 1989 This is the structure of the British Army in 1989. Where details are unclear, the general pattern portrayed in Isby and Kamps, "Armies of NATO's Central Front", Jane's Publishing Company, 1985 has been followed. The Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) directed the British Army with the assistance of the Army Board, under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) and the Secretary of State for Defence. Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces, General Sir Charles Huxtable HQ: Wilton HQ United Kingdom Land Forces commanded nine military districts until the