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Architects are being asked to submit proposals for a new entrance for the world’s most visited museum — and to create a new ...
The Paris museum has launched a competition to design a new entrance and underground exhibition spaces, including one ...
France deploys 7,000 troops after The Louvre, Versailles get bomb threats, teacher stabbed in ‘Islamist terror’ By . Rich Calder. Published Oct. 14, 2023, 4:42 p.m. ET. Explore More ...
A spontaneous strike at the Louvre shut down the world's most-visited museum on Monday after workers refused to take up their ...
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.
Thousands of troops were being deployed to guard sensitive locations across France, and the Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles were evacuated in separate security alerts, as the country ...
The Louvre will be closed to the public Friday, the museum tweeted. The downpours are forecast to continue through the weekend, following days of heavy rains that have proved deadly in France and ...
France24 (Video) France: The Louvre struggles with mass tourism. Posted: February 5, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025. French President Emmanuel Macron announced a huge new investment in The Louvre.
The Louvre opened a department of Islamic art in 2003, under former President Jacques Chirac, who said he wanted to highlight the contributions of Muslim civilizations on Western culture.
The pension reform protests in France have led to a temporary closure of the Louvre Museum in Paris. The president of France recently raised the country's retirement age by two years.