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 announced plans to expand the Louvre and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after the museum warned of overcrowding.

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 Louvre currently has only one entrance—the iconic glass pyramid by architect I.M. Pei, opened in 1989. Overcrowding of the throughway in recent years has led to both a greenhouse-like ...

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He unveiled the project's name: Louvre Nouvelle Renaissance ... commissioned by then-President François Mitterrand and designed by architect I.M. Pei, is "structurally outdated," according ...

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

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The world-renowned museum has been plagued with overcrowding and outdated facilities. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced last week that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room ...

French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic ...