The Louvre plans to better display the Mona Lisa, “in a special room”

“Mona Lisa” is admired by more than 20,000 visitors every day, in conditions “not quite up to par” according to the president of the Louvre museum.

The Ministry of Culture is talking about improving the conditions for celebrity exposure Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci in the Louvre museum, and perhaps present it in a separate room, its president Laurence Des Cars announced on Saturday.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s a ‘yes’ and I think it’s a ‘yes’ for a lot of people and we’re thinking about it.”she answered on France Inter when asked if Mona Lisaaka Mona Lisahe didn’t deserve it “special room”.

“It’s always frustrating when we’re not quite at the reception level, and that’s the case with the Mona Lisa, so in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, we’re thinking about that improvement, which seems to me necessary today”she added.

A benchmark held during the Olympic Games

These are “80% of the Louvre’s visitors (a total of almost 9 million in 2023, editor’s note), so more than 20,000 visitors (who) see the Mona Lisa every day” and take photos in front of her with their cell phones, said Laurence Des Cars.

The Mona Lisa, a world-famous painting, is displayed in the Salle des Estates, the largest in the museum, opposite the largest painting in the Louvre, Veronese’s Wedding at Cana, and next to paintings by the great Venetian masters of the 16th century.

A measure of 30,000 visitors per day was introduced, which will remain in place during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in the most visited museum in the world, she reminded.