The Louvre is set to renovate with a new gallery for the Mona Lisa. Visitors will need to pay an extra fee to view the painting. The renovation plan costs €800 million and is expected to finish by ...

Paris’s Louvre joins Europe’s fight against overtourism—inside the sudden strike, renovation plans, and what tourists need to ...

The museum closed its doors without warning for around four hours leaving thousands of tourists stranded, confused and ...

“We can’t wait six years for help,” said Sarah Sefian, a front-of-house gallery attendant and visitor services agent. “Our ...

She’s five centuries old. She lives behind bulletproof glass. And yet, the Mona Lisa still grips people like a psychological ...

While it appears to be a one-off event, it’s another indicator of the challenges sparked by overtourism across Europe.

A strike on June 16 that left visitors waiting outside the Mona Lisa’s home shows change is needed more urgently than Macron ...

One of my favorite paintings in the National Museum is going abroad. Juan Luna’s “La Bulaqueña” is off to the Louvre Abu ...

Tourism has resurged across the world, which industry experts attribute to 'revenge travel' after the Covid pandemic restrictions forced many to abandon their travel plans ...

Footage circulating on social platform X shows swarms of frustrated and confused visitors, tickets in hand, lingering outside ...

Thousands of visitors were left outside the Louvre under its iconic glass pyramid on 16 June 2025 after staff launched a ...