The memo also warned that the glass pyramid was structurally outdated — overheated during ... the Louvre’s Salle des États gallery, where the Mona Lisa is currently kept. “Each day this ...

[Photo: Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images] The Louvre currently has only one entrance—the iconic glass pyramid by architect ... the famous painting each day, resulting in massive ...

Still, a queue zig-zagged across the Cour Napoléon as cold, restless tourists took photos beside its iconic pyramid ... imposed a 30,000-per-day visitor cap on the Louvre in 2022, but it seems ...

PARIS - The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, has requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its ageing exhibition halls ...

The Louvre's last major overhaul was in the 1980s when the iconic glass pyramid was introduced during late President François Mitterrand's tenure. Now, the museum's facilities are seen as lacking ...

The director of the Louvre last week sent a memo to France’s culture minister detailing the dilapidated state of the Paris museum, spurring President Emmanuel Macron to organise a visit on Tuesday.

The last time the Louvre had this much work done was when the iconic glass pyramid was added 40 years ... With 30,000 visitors a day, it makes the Louvre the most visited museum in the world.

“Every day, this very room is the scene of intense agitation,” Louvre ... The renovation will include a new entrance near the Seine, ready by 2031, to limit congestion at the Pyramid entrance in the ...

The Louvre's last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. Macron said the expansion of the museum will allow the “Mona Lisa” to be moved to a new ...