What is the name of the glass pyramid entrance to the Louvre Museum?

The glass pyramid entrance to the Louvre Museum is called the Louvre Pyramid.

Designed by Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei, the pyramid stands in the Cour Napoléon, the Louvre Palace’s main courtyard in Paris. Its glass-and-metal structure was completed in 1989 as part of the Grand Louvre project, a major modernization and expansion of the museum.

The large pyramid functions as an entrance and skylight. It directs visitors into an underground reception hall, from which they can reach the Louvre’s different wings. Three smaller pyramids accompany it in the courtyard, creating a composition that contrasts sharply with the historic palace façades.

The pyramid was controversial when proposed because its modern geometry appeared to challenge the Louvre’s classical architecture. It is not the Crystal Palace, a nineteenth-century iron-and-glass exhibition building in London, nor the Grand Palais, a Paris exhibition hall. Today, Pei’s pyramid is one of Paris’s most recognizable landmarks.