Designed to receive four million visitors a year, the Louvre saw record attendance of 10.2 million visitors in 2018, but des Cars - who was appointed in 2021 - has imposed a limit of 30,000 visitors per day in order to avoid overcrowding.
A visit to the Louvre, the museum’s head wrote, has become “a physical ordeal”, with artworks being hard to find due to inadequate signage, lack of space for visitors to take a break, and insufficient food and sanitary facilities.
The world’s most visited museum in desperate plea after overcrowding warning Comes as the museum is, for the first time, displaying haute couture gowns and accessories.
The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, is in dire state and is asking for help.
Ther home to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its ageing halls and better protect its countless works of art.
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