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.

In 2023, you told the Elysée about the urgent need for renovation at the Louvre and proposed the creation of a new entrance to relieve congestion at the Pyramid ... the Musée du Quai Branly ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to expand the Louvre and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after the museum warned of overcrowding.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced an extensive renovation plan for the Louvre Museum in Paris, targeting issues of overcrowding and outdated infrastructure. The overhaul will include a ...

Macron has his sights set on the Louvre. He is aiming to harness the French sense of grandeur and the resources of its most wealthy citizens in the same way he did for the Notre-Dame cathedral, which ...

The Louvre’s latest overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. Now, the museum is not up ...

Laura French Centrally located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde, the Jardin des Tuileries is a free public garden that spans approximately 55 acres. Though it was initially designed ...

The Louvre museum would also have a "new grand entrance" to help ease congestion at its glass-and-metal pyramid entry point and be financed entirely using the institution's "own resources". As part of ...