But then, if the French were wise, the Muslims would not be taking over France in the first place.
I say, let's back a plan to move ALL French Musées to somewhere safe--somewhere in America perhaps--or, as an alternative, maybe to Antarctica.
As I told my (displeased) tour guide in Athens, when she grumbled about the Elgin Marbles' being in the British Museum: "I wish Lord Elgin had gotten the Victoire de Samothrace before she got her head and arms blown off and the Venus de Milo before she got her arms blasted away."
Maybe we should just storm France and take the art treasures away for safe keeping. After all, the French stole many of them (the Venus, the Victoire, the Mona Lisa) e.g. And as for the rest--well it would be like holding Grandma's nice things for her in a safe place as long as she's...well...you know...not herself (i.e. totally demented, completely incompetent, and out of her cotton pickin' mind).
Great comments. I love what you said to the Athens guide. Right on.
The museums themselves in France are works of art. Can you move them too?
I think Leonardo had the Mona Lisa with him when he died in France and thus the King got it, and thus it went to the Louvre. But the others may easily have been "discovered" and taken to France.
There is quite a nice Musee Rodin in Philadelphia actually. Maybe they should just expand that one; it's at least on the same continent.