Moving the Mona Lisa: Macron’s Plan to Improve the Louvre. ... President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris on January 28.

The Louvre’s plan is more reactionary than preventative, and necessarily so—it’s a 220-year-old building dug into the banks of a river more and more prone to flooding, thanks to climate change.

Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.

French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled plans for a significant renovation of the Louvre Museum, Paris, which will ...

President Macron announces 'New Renaissance' plan to renovate Louvre Museum by 2031. (photo credit: Pandora Pictures. Via Shutterstock) By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 30, 2025 16:45.