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.

Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.

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 latest stage of the Paris museum's revamp aims to improve visitor flow and tackle the notorious Tuileries dust ...

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 ...

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 ...

From sustainable building, museums ... Walking into Abu Dhabi’s new Louvre Museum, one is immediately greeted by a flood of dappled light created by the stunning, multi-layered lattice covering ...

By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris The Louvre Museum in Paris ... Labor unions representing some of the museum’s 2,300 employees acknowledged that the building needed to be renovated ...