The Musée du Louvre expansion will build a new entrance and dedicated room for the Mona Lisa, to be selected in an ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris, home to the Mona Lisa, unexpectedly shut down due to a staff strike, leaving tourists stranded. Workers cite unbearable conditions from mass tourism, understaffing, and ...

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The world's most visited museum, the Louvre, closes its doors as staff strike due to overtourism concerns, highlighting the Mona Lisa display, which attracts 20,000 visitors daily.

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COLUMN. The museum's management wants to isolate the 'Mona Lisa' in a room with its own entrance, which could help rid the painting of overtourism, says Michel Guerrin, editor-in-chief of Le Monde.

The Louvre shut down unexpectedly as staff members went on strike over unmanageable crowds and poor working conditions.

"The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. So everything had to be precise," Uy says. "Make one thing off and everyone knows it's a fake. And you really have to capture that smile.

The Mona Lisa painting by Leonarodo di Vinci has been known to be a portiot of the real life Lisa Gherardini. The painting with the mysterious smile brings many to the Louvre.