PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday presented renovation plans for the Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, which has fallen into disrepair and suffers from overcrowding.

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.

Visitors wearing protective face masks line up to see Leonardo da Vinci's painting La Gioconda (Mona Lisa), at the Louvre Museum in Paris in 2020. File Photo by Christophe Petite Tesson/EPA-EFE ...

Macron said plans included a "special space" for Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece that would be "independently accessible compared to the rest of the museum", with its own access pass". The Louvre ...

Napoleon I began building the Louvre’s northern ... announced plans last week for extensive public works to improve the world’s largest and most popular museum. As yet the announcement is ...

announced that the Louvre would be given a "new grand entrance" as he unveiled a plan to renovate the world's most visited museum, which has voiced alarm about dire conditions for visitors and its ...

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The Louvre Pyramid will continue to be a visitor access point, however. The new entrance will open onto the museum's eastern courtyard, the Cour Carrée, and the plan is to expand downwards ...

Jan. 30 (UPI) --Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa" portrait is getting a new home at Paris' Louvre while the art museum undergoes renovations. French President Emmanuel Macron said this week ...