The French Louvre Museum has launched an online platform that showcases all of the museum’s exhibits. More than 480,000 works of art can be viewed online for free. The site […]
How to See the Louvre Without the Crowds
The Louvre receives thirty-five thousand visitors on a busy day. Most of them arrive between ten and noon, follow the same three-star circuit, and leave exhausted. There is a quieter […]
What the Louvre Looks Like When Everyone Has Gone
At 18:15 the last visitors are herded toward the exits. By 19:00 the lights dim floor by floor. Then the museum breathes. Guards do their first round with flashlights. Marble […]
A Painting That Was Stolen for Two Years and Is Back
On the morning of 21 August 1911, a handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre carrying the Mona Lisa under his white coat. He kept her in a […]
New 2026 Exhibitions You Should Definitely See
The Louvre plans three major shows for 2026 that will change entire rooms for months. First comes Byzantium and the West, opening in March. Over three hundred objects will travel […]
Egyptian Treasures That Almost Everyone Misses
Eight million people visit the Louvre every year, and most of them sprint past the Egyptian wing on their way to Mona Lisa. They miss the best stories in the […]
The Truth About the Hands of Venus de Milo
She has been armless since the day she arrived in Paris, yet the debate about her missing limbs never ends. A French naval officer found the statue in 1820 on […]
Why the Louvre Pyramid Is Still Controversial
When François Mitterrand unveiled I. M. Pei’s glass pyramid in 1989, Paris reacted as if someone had parked a spaceship in the courtyard of its oldest palace. Thirty-six years later, […]
Nica of Samothrace: Drama on the Stairs 2,000 Years Later
She lands forever and never quite touches the ground. The Winged Victory of Samothrace has stood at the top of the Daru staircase since 1884, wings spread, cloak pressed against […]
The Louvre sets a record and becomes the most visited museum in the world
In 2018, the museum was visited by more than 10 million tourists. The Louvre Museum in Paris welcomed 10.2 million tourists in 2018, the highest number in the world. The […]