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 ...

But as Louvre president Laurence des Cars has admitted, a visit to the overcrowded museum can also be a “physical ordeal” and some facilities urgently need updating. Last month, President Macron ...

The show, called "Louvre Couture", welcomed its first visitors a day after a stark warning from the director of the famed museum about overcrowding inside the former royal palace. The exhibition ...

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.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul.

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

Built in Paris in the late 12th century, the Louvre Palace for centuries was the official ... after which it became a museum for the royal art collection in 1793. Last year, the Louvre welcomed ...

The French president announced last week an extensive overhaul of the legendary museum, including a dedicated gallery for ...

Laurence des Cars called for a fundamental modernization of the Louvre, stating that "the status quo is not tenable." ...

The Louvre’s latest overhaul dates back to the ... but any renovation work at the former royal palace is expected to be costly and technically complicated. The Pompidou Center, another major ...

The world's most visited museum is also overcrowded, antiquated and desperate for renovations that will start next year and ...

The show, called "Louvre Couture", welcomed its first visitors a day after a stark warning from the director of the famed museum about overcrowding inside the former royal palace. The exhibition ...