Louvre and San Francisco Museums Sign Pact The Louvre, in Paris, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - which includes the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park - have signed an agreement that provides for collaborative exhibitions and the sharing of art works. The agreement, signed on Wednesday, has been in the works for two years, and was a by-product of discussions that led to "Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louix XIV to Marie-Antoinette," an exhibition that opens on Saturday at the Legion of Honor. The terms of the agreement will last five years, and create a partnership that will promote short- and long-term loans that will allow works from each collection to be seen in both cities, as well as joint publications, conservation projects and educational programs. The loans, according to the accord, can include "antiquities, paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, drawings and textiles," selected by a committee of representatives from both institutions. "The accord will not only bring forth new scholarship through the collaboration of our colleagues," Richard Benefield, deputy director of the Fine Arts Museums, said in a statement, "but it will also give our visitors the opportunity to see great works of art from both museums in ways that would otherwise not be possible."