French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul ...

The Louvre is the world's most-visited museum, bringing in 8-10 million people last year, and the Mona Lisa is by far its biggest attraction. The museum receives some 20-30,000 visitors daily.

Per a press release, this “once-in-a-lifetime” encounter with the Mona Lisa is one of 24 lots up for auction in Christie’s and Hotel Drouot ’s “ Bid for the Louvre ” sale.

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 ...

Museums & Institutions Louvre Launches Design Contest for $400 Million Expansion, Including a New Room for ‘Mona Lisa’ The project will also create a new entrance for the strained museum.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul ...