Macron announces a reform of the Louvre that will end in 2031 and Mona Lisa will move to a “private” room

French president, Emmanuel Macronhe announced on Tuesday that Lisa Lisa de Leonardo da Vinci is going to move to a “private” and “independently accessible” room “and then explain that a reform of the Louvre Museum of Paris will be made-which is expected to end in 2031-for the conservation of the Pinacoteca.

Thus, the president’s announcement comes days after the director of the museum, Laurence Des Cars, sent a letter to the Minister of Culture, Rachida datain which he listed the “serious” problems that the institution is going through in terms of maintenanceas reported by the newspaper ‘Le Parisien’.

Precisely, Macron has moved to the room in which the Gioconda is located to announce several measures, among which is the aforementioned transfer of the canvas, because, although it is not in a room in poor condition, the influx of daily visitors hinders The rest of the rooms. In addition, the French president has advanced that seeing the work of Da Vinci will have an “additional cost” independent of the entrance to the museum.

Another measure of this renewal is the creation of a new entry near the Seine River that is expected to be able to inaugurate in 2031, since the iconic glass pyramid has remained “outdated“For the millions of daily visitors of the Louvre-the last great reform was in the 1980s, when the pyramid was inaugurated.

For this new door, Macron has announced that a public architectural contest will be opened at the end of this 2025. On the other hand, he has advanced that these works-which would be valued between 100 and 500 million euros, according to RTVE-will be financed with patronage and with the entrances to the museum, which from now on will be “more expensive” for tourists who are outside the European Union.