The renovation will include a new entrance near the River Seine, to be opened by 2031, and the creation of underground rooms, Macron said in a speech from the Louvre room where the Mona Lisa is ...

The new entrance would be financed by the museum’s “own resources,” Macron said, including donations from patrons, royalties from the Louvre Abu Dhabi license and revenue from ticketing ...

Funding will be provided by museum self–funding, such as ticket sales, income from the Louvre Abu Dhabi and private benefactors, and in addition to the hoped–for surcharge on non–EU tourists.

Macron said that a new entrance for the Louvre will be created near the Seine by 2031, to be financed by ticket sales, patronage and licensing money from the museum's Abu Dhabi branch.

He also announced that the Mona Lisa — one of the most famous of the estimated 35,000 works of art in the Louvre's collection — would be relocated to its own new, independently accessible and ...

Macron announces major Louvre overhaul and dedicated room for the Mona Lisa The most visited museum in the world will undergo major renovations that will take years to complete.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room as part of a major overhaul to the Louvre in Paris.

PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the ...