France plans $800M makeover for the Louvre, Mona Lisa's overcrowded home
The Louvre Pyramid will continue to be a visitor access point, however. The new entrance will open onto the museum's eastern courtyard, the Cour Carrée, and the plan is to expand downwards, building ...
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Louvre’s “Renaissance”: How France’s Iconic Museum Will Transform
Louvre Museum is undergoing a €500M transformation, adding a new entrance and relocating the Mona Lisa for a better visitor ...
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Moving the Mona Lisa: Macron’s Plan to Improve the Louvre
Napoleon I began building the Louvre ... s glass pyramid. So it was almost unsurprising when Emmanuel Macron, having just resurrected Notre-Dame from the ashes, announced plans last week for ...
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Mona Lisa to Get Her Own Room as the Overcrowded Louvre Expands
President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to alleviate crowds at the ... who mostly enter via the Louvre Pyramid, a glass-and-steel structure designed by the architect I.M. Pei in the 1980s ...
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Macron unveils major Louvre overhaul: ‘Mona Lisa’ to get dedicated space
French President Emmanuel Macron announced a sweeping renovation plan for the Louvre Museum ... the construction of the glass pyramid—the Louvre now welcomes 8.7 million visitors annually ...
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Mona Lisa to get a room of her own in Louvre museum renovation
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.