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The Paris museum has launched a competition to design a new entrance and underground exhibition spaces, including one ...
When Hector Guimard's subway designs were unveiled in the early 1900s, the public rejected his Art Nouveau style. Soon, a new ...
A major international competition has been launched for the €135.7 million transformation of the Musée du Louvre in Paris ...
Next Thursday night in Paris, after the final show on the haute couture schedule has ended, an altogether different show will ...
The Parisian powerhouse opened the competition on June 27 with aims to expand its storied space and ease its visitor congestion through a newly designed entrance and exhibition space for one of its ...
The Musée du Louvre expansion will build a new entrance and dedicated room for the Mona Lisa, to be selected in an ...
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Elaine Sciolino, author of “Adventures in the Louvre”, about how she drew on her experience as a war correspondent to report on the legendary museum.
As Paris braces for a heatwave this weekend, a little-known network of underground pipes will be cooling the Louvre museum and other storied landmarks using water from the River Seine. Other sites ...
The Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa and other iconic works of art in Paris, closed abruptly Monday as the museum's staff staged an impromptu strike over large crowds of tourists and understaffing.
The Louvre Museum in Paris delayed its opening on Monday, leaving thousands of visitors stranded in long, unmoving lines outside the iconic glass pyramid.
A spontaneous strike at the Louvre erupted during a routine internal meeting, as gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel refused to take up their posts.
In a new book, Elaine Sciolino shares her guide to falling in love with—and maybe falling in love in—the world’s most visited museum.