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.

Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by architect I.M. Pei, which itself has become problematic as its greenhouse ...

Already, the museum has capped daily attendance at 30,000 people, who mostly enter via the Louvre Pyramid, a glass-and-steel structure designed by the architect I.M. Pei in the 1980s, during the ...

The Paris Louvre museum is in a “very poor condition ... It has been added to significantly over the years, most notably a glass pyramid structure designed by Chinese-American architect ...

Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance, designed by architect I.M. Pei, which itself has become problematic as its greenhouse ...

The Louvre's last overhaul dates right back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. Louvre director Laurence Des Cars sent a note expressing a series of concerns to Culture ...

The renovation will include a new entrance near the Seine, ready by 2031, to limit congestion at the Pyramid entrance in the Louvre courtyard. The museum intends to remain open during the project.

The project, called the Louvre New Renaissance, will create an additional entrance to accompany the museum's famous glass pyramid, which was completed in 1989, along with a new home for Leonardo ...

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 ...

Deterioration of the aging palace that houses the Louvre is jeopardizing the priceless ... architect I.M. Pei‘s iconic glass and metal pyramid at the center of the main courtyard, were raised ...