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 future Department of Byzantine and Oriental Christian Art, due to open in ... On the contrary, in the future the Louvre will have two main entrances, the Pyramid and the Perrault colonnade.

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

The Louvre's last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled ... will become the epicenter of art history for our country and beyond." Half the Louvre's budget is ...

after which it became a museum for the royal art collection in 1793. Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by ...

Image The Louvre Pyramid, the glass-and-steel entrance to ... but tourists only come to see five works of art,” he said, adding that the museum should do more to promote its vast collection ...

French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.

The design of the pyramid creates a greenhouse effect and can magnify sound. He also announced that the Mona Lisa — one of the most famous of the estimated 35,000 works of art in the Louvre's ...

after which it became a museum for the royal art collection in 1793. In 2024, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by ...

after which it became a museum for the royal art collection in 1793. Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by ...

with the dogma established in the 80s of a single entrance via the pyramid,” des Cars told radio station France Info in 2023. She suggested creating another entrance to the Louvre at the ...