3 days ago · PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will take up to a decade.. The renovation project, branded “Louvre New Renaissance,” will include a wide new entrance near the Seine River, to be opened by 2031, Macron said in a ...

3 days ago · The renovated Louvre will aim for 12 million visitors every year, Macron said. A "new grand entrance" will be created at the Colonnade de Perrault to ease the strain on the glass pyramid, Macron ...

3 days ago · French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday a new restoration and expansion project for the world's most visited museum, the Louvre in Paris. "It's a reimagined Louvre, restored, enlarged ...

3 days ago · Macron said a new entrance for the Louvre will be created near the River Seine by 2031, to be financed by ticket sales, patronage and licensing money from the museum’s Abu Dhabi branch.

3 days ago · Macron said the new front - the biggest change to the museum since President François Mitterrand's Grand Louvre project 40 years ago - would tie in with city plans to create a tree-filled "green ...

3 days ago · French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled plans to renovate the Louvre as part of a so-called 'New Renaissance' project, days after the museum's director warned that the building was dilapidated.

3 days ago · Macron visited the museum days after Le Parisien newspapers reported on a confidential memo that the Louvre's director, Laurence des Cars, sent to Culture Minister Rachida Dati.

3 days ago · French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that the Louvre would be "redesigned, restored and enlarged" after the director of the world's most visited museum voiced alarm about dire conditions ...

3 days ago · France's President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech at the Louvre Museum in Paris on January 28, 2025. Bertrand Guay/Pool via REUTERS ... France will launch a six-year renovation of the Louvre in ...

3 days ago · Item 1 of 4 France's President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech at the Louvre Museum in Paris on January 28, 2025. Bertrand Guay/Pool via REUTERS