Louvre
Art museum in Paris
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| January 2025 | French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans for a renovation and expansion of the Louvre, including a dedicated room for the Mona Lisa, in response to increasing annual visitor numbers. |
| 2024 | The Louvre staged an exhibit about the Olympic Games' history, linking their ancient beginnings to the modern era in preparation for the 2024 Olympics. |
| 2023 | Implemented a 30% ticket price increase and introduced visitor management strategies, including capping daily visitors at 30,000, in preparation for the Olympic Games. |
| 2021 | A specific room in the Louvre receives a new name designation. |
| 2021 | Recovered a Renaissance era ceremonial helmet and breastplate that were stolen from the museum in 1983. |
| 2021 | Laurence des Cars became the first woman to be selected as the director of the Louvre by French president Emmanuel Macron. |
| March 24 2021 | The Louvre made 482,943 objects from its collection accessible online, significantly expanding digital access to its artworks. |
| January 2020 | Under Jean-Luc Martinez's direction, the museum inaugurated a new contemporary art commission, L'Onde du Midi by Venezuelan kinetic artist Elias Crespin, installed under the Escalier du Midi. |
| 2019 | The Louvre established a large art storage and research facility in Liévin, a town in Northern France, which is not open to the public. |
| October 24 2019 | Began the largest single exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci's work, commemorating the 500th anniversary of his death, displaying over 100 items including 11 of his rare paintings. |
| September 2019 | Princess Lamia bint Majed Al Saud officially opened a new and improved Islamic art department at the Louvre, showcasing 3,000 pieces collected from Spain to India, covering the 7th to 19th centuries. |
| 2018 | The Apple Store in the Carrousel du Louvre shopping mall ceased operations. |
| March 2018 | Opened an exhibition of French artworks and relics in Tehran, Iran, following a 2016 agreement between French and Iranian presidents. |
| November 11 2017 | The Louvre Abu Dhabi opened to the public, three days after its official inauguration. |
| November 8 2017 | The Louvre Abu Dhabi was officially inaugurated on Saadiyat Island, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel with an iconic metallic dome that creates light patterns resembling an oasis. |
| 2016 | A restaurant opened in the Aile de Marsan with a terrace on the Carrousel Garden, designed by Joseph Dirand, replacing a previous restaurant. |
| 2014 | Printemps began leasing the largest slot in the Carrousel du Louvre shopping mall. |
| 2014 | Guggenheim Director Richard Armstrong indicates improvements in worker living conditions, with fewer passport confiscations. Architect Frank Gehry emphasizes moral responsibility to improve labor conditions. |
| June 6 2014 | The Decorative Arts section on the first floor of the Cour Carrée's northern wing reopened after comprehensive refurbishment. |
| 2013 | The Observer reports that working conditions at the Louvre Abu Dhabi construction site amount to 'modern-day slavery'. |
| 2013 | Museum contracted Nintendo to create a specialized 3DS-based audiovisual visitor guide called 'Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre', featuring over 30 hours of audio and 1,000 photographs. |
| April 2013 | Jean-Luc Martinez replaced Henri Loyrette as the director of the Louvre. |
| 2012 | The Virgin Megastore lease in the Carrousel du Louvre shopping mall ended. |
| 2012 | Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) engages PricewaterhouseCoopers as an independent labor monitor for the Louvre Abu Dhabi construction site. |
| 2012 | The Gypsothèque du Louvre, located in the Petite Écurie of Versailles Palace, was opened to the public. |
| 2012 | Nintendo 3DS portable video game systems were first used as the official museum audio guides. |
| December 4 2012 | President François Hollande inaugurates the Louvre-Lens museum, establishing it as a satellite of the Louvre in the Hauts-de-France region. |
| September 22 2012 | The new Islamic Art section opened in the Denon Wing, featuring collections from the Roman-era Eastern Mediterranean, with financial support from the Al Waleed bin Talal Foundation. |
| 2011 | Over 130 international artists call for a boycott of Louvre Abu Dhabi due to reported worker exploitation and poor labor conditions. |
| 2010 | Guggenheim Foundation publicly acknowledges workers' rights issues and seeks improvements in labor conditions for Louvre Abu Dhabi construction site. |
| 2010 | American painter Cy Twombly completed a new ceiling for a gallery, serving as a counterpoint to George Braque's 1953 ceiling. |
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