They face museums climate change, digital revolution and excess tourism

Paris. The Louvre Museum prepares a new extension to end the agglomerations of tourists in front of the Mona Lisa, while other great enclosures in the world study reforms to respond to the challenge of excess tourism or climate change.

Before the Explosion of tourism, security problems, climate urgency and the digital revolution, our model is questioned. Everywhere, our international partners are rethinking their spacessummarizes Laurence Des Cars, chaired by the Louvre Museum.

It is the most visited museum in the world, with about 9 million people in 2024, of which 80 percent are foreign tourists, ahead of the British Museum, the Vatican and MET museums in New York.

The renovation plan foresees by 2031 a new entrance to decongest the glass pyramid and an exhibition room dedicated exclusively to Mona Lisa, with an additional entry ticket.

Of the 30,000 daily visitors (limited by a capacity), 80 percent come to see Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece and … take selfis.

In Madrid, El Prado (3.5 million visitors in 2024) has found a solution by opening every day to Distribute Visitors Better… and prohibit taking photos.

“If 8,500 people come to Prado every day, that means 8,500 photos in the same place, probably in front of Las Meninasfrom Velázquez the The Garden of Delightsby Hariomus Bosch, ”justifies his address.

Sustainable materials

In the Louvre, which has 70 thousand square meters of exposure surface, a completely renowned circulation plan has also been announced in a building sanitized and equipped with new rooms for an estimated total cost between 700 and 800 million euros in 10 years , or even one billionaccording to the unions.

The State has already announced that its participation will be minimal, 160 million euros in 15 yearsaccording to the Ministry of Culture.

Consequently, the museum will have to get its own resources (box office, patronage, ABU Dhabi brand license) and also innovate with a more expensive entry for visitors outside the European Union (30 euros) from 2026.

In London, where access to the permanent collections of museums is free, but temporary exhibitions are paid, the National Gallery has undertaken important works within the framework of its 200 anniversary.

Aim? The total review of its entrance to better host its visitors (more than 6 million a year before COVID-19 and 4.2 million in 2023) and the creation of a space dedicated to research, as well as an educational center.

This program, with a budget of 85 million pounds, aims to make the museum more efficient in terms of energy consumption and more Resilient to the impacts of climate changeaccording to your address.

Efforts are being made to contribute more natural light, in addition to natural ventilation Where possible And to find materials sustainable.

New strategy

In New York, the Metropolitan Museum has been losing visitors since 2019. To remedy it, it has completely renewed its wing dedicated to the masters of the fourteenth to the nineteenth century, one of the largest collections in the world of European paintings.

The Ceiling Clamp dated 1939 and the last time they were renewed was in the 50s.

The works, with a total cost of 150 million dollars, have lasted five years. The collections have been chronologically reorganized, which have a new lighting thanks to the Claraboyas and the LED lights on the ceiling, in completely repaired rooms, according to its director, Max Hollein.

Like its counterparts, which want to attract a younger and diverse audience, the MET has adopted an approach less focused on the West For his collections, according to Hollein.

After various additional works of several million dollars, a wing will reopen in spring that houses all the arts of Africa since 1932, as well as Oceania and America before European colonizations.

Last year he dedicated an unprecedented exhibition to Harlem rebirththe first international movement of modern art founded by Afro -Stadian artists.

The Met has also opened in 2023 to the immersive, presenting a collection of dresses from its fashion department with synthesis images, sponsored by the social network Tiktok, for its spring exhibition that coincides with its gala where the stars congregate.