France plans $800 million makeover for the Louvre, Mona Lisa's overcrowded home
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.
Moving the Mona Lisa: Macron’s Plan to Improve the Louvre
The French president announced last week an extensive overhaul of the legendary museum, including a dedicated gallery for ...
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Macron pledges Louvre 'renaissance' after alarm over decay
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that the Louvre would be "redesigned ... to help ease congestion at its glass-and-metal pyramid entry point and be financed entirely using the ...
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France's Macron announces renovation to expand capacity of Louvre museum
PARIS - France will launch a six-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris, enlarging the world's most-visited museum to make room for the huge crowds who now cram inside the palace on the banks of ...
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Louvre changes to provide separate access to Mona Lisa
In a speech in front of the Mona Lisa, Mr Macron said the renovations would help ease congestion inside the Louvre museum ... modern addition — a glass pyramid that was designed by Chinese ...
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Inside the Louvre Museum's Breathtaking Debut Fashion Exhibition
Olivier Gabet, Director of the Department of Decorative Arts at the Louvre Museum, knows what you’re thinking. When it was announced that the Louvre would present its first-ever fashion ...
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‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a 10-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris
The Louvre’s latest overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. Now, the museum is not up to international standards anymore. Macron said the expansion of the ...
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Macron reveals bold Louvre overhaul with exclusive space for Mona Lisa
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 ...
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The Louvre needs full upgrade. President Macron is to address the Paris museum’s costly renovation.
The Louvre’s latest overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. Now, the museum is not up to international standards anymore. A look at what’s at stake.
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British tourists to pay more to visit the Louvre, Macron announces
British tourists will have to pay more to enter the Louvre in Paris under new plans announced by French ... The latest overhaul, which dates back to the 1980s when the iconic glass pyramid was ...
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Paris' Louvre in a dire state, funding sought: report
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 and ...