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Heading to the Louvre during your next trip to France? There are some important things to know before you go. In this article ...
How did spies, curators, and an army of art handlers save some of the world's most important artwork? An excerpt from the new ...
Published in a new book, the elaborate family tree goes back to 1331 to Michele, the great-great-great grandfather of the ...
On August 25, 1939, with war just days away, the Louvre shut down ... she was whisked away from Paris. Mona Lisa hits the road: A war-era road trip Over the next six years, the Mona Lisa became ...
It’s all the technical wizardry Vertigo Theatre brings to its production of The Da Vinci Code that makes it such a compelling ...
Visiting the Louvre in Paris and experiencing the renowned Mona Lisa can be a highlight of any trip to France. To make the ...
For the Louvre, history ended in 1848—later masterpieces are in France’s other national museums—but its transformation ...
Overnight, the famous lights of Paris were darkened as a practice run ... apparatuses in the museum were stored and secured. The Louvre staff sent the first artworks, including the Mona Lisa—gingerly ...