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.

PARIS (AP) — 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 ...

Associated Press Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 11:53 a.m. | Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 11:53 a.m. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own ...

Tourists use their smartphones to photograph Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, in the Salle des Etats at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Feb. 1, 2025.

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech to announce a multi-year overhaul, long-term investments to modernize the Louvre museum, next to Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa at ...

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 ...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that the Louvre would be “redesigned, restored and enlarged” after the director of the world’s most visited museum voiced alarm about ...

Visitors take photographs from their mobile phone of Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre museum, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) AP ...

Mona Lisa to get its own room? Crowd of tourists with their phones in hand, taking photos of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa inside the Louvre Museum in Paris, France on June 7, 2024.

(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)ASSOCIATED PRESSVisitors climb up stairs to watch the marble hellenic sculpture The Winged Victory of Samothrace in Le Louvre museum, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Paris.

Mona Lisa to get its own room? Crowd of tourists with their phones in hand, taking photos of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa inside the Louvre Museum in Paris, France on June 7, 2024.