Leaked memo admits world's most visited museum is now a 'physical ordeal' The director of the Louvre has revealed that is a "physical ordeal" to visit the museum, due to leaks and substandard catering.
In a leaked memo written by Laurence des Cars for the French culture minister, Rachida Dati, the alarming state of the Louvre museum in Paris was detailed.
Des Cars added that crowds had added to the damage evident in parts of the museum, some of which had fallen into "very poor condition" to the extent that some areas “are no longer watertight, while others experience significant temperature variations, endangering the preservation of artworks”.
The pyramid, which was used by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, for a state dinner as the Paris Olympics kicked off in July, was also noted as creating a "greenhouse effect" on hot days, "making this space very inhospitable for the public who pass through and the agents who work there".
Des Cars went on to claim that one of the museum's newest editions — a glass pyramid designed by the Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei – had “major shortcomings”.
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