The director of the Louvre last week sent a memo to France’s culture minister detailing the dilapidated state of the Paris ...

Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American ...

Last spring, the world’s most-visited art museum, the Louvre in Paris, proposed moving its most popular artwork—Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa—to its own subterranean room. Now, that idea is becoming ...

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum ... Besides a top-to-bottom renovation, the museum is also considering building a new wing for the “Mona Lisa,” as well as a new entrance on ...

PARIS - The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, has requested urgent help from ...

In an interview with Le Monde, Laurence des Cars explains how the Paris museum is embarking on renovation and redevelopment ...

The museum’s big renovation in the 1980s was designed to receive 4 million annual visitors. Last year, the Louvre received ... the gradual degradation of the building because of water leaks ...

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech to announce a multi-year overhaul, long-term investments to modernize the Louvre museum, next to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa ...

Now, the museum is not up to international standards anymore. Louvre Director Laurence des ... she warned about the gradual degradation of the building due to water leaks, temperature variations ...

Mr Macron said he hoped that the works could help increase the annual number of visitors to the museum to 12 million a year. Louvre's popularity a 'physical strain' on the building Earlier this ...

Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors ... Besides a top-to-bottom renovation, the museum is also considering building a new wing for the Mona Lisa, as well as a new entrance on ...