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Who doesn’t want to walk in the footsteps of Beyoncé and Jay-Z? The world-famous couple’s stroll through the Musée du Louvre for their 2018 music videoApes**thas brought a record-breaking 10.2 million visitors to the iconic building. However, bypass the crowds and explore the Louvre’s quieter corners in its treasure-packed Richelieu wing instead.
Home to awe-inspiring masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo,the Louvreis the world’s most popular museum. However, it has recently begun to suffer under the weight of its immense appeal. On Monday, thousands of tourists waiting in line were turned away after security staff staged a walkout. According to Sud Culture Solidaires Union, the iconicParismuseum is ‘suffocating’ due to its record-breaking attendance, which totaled 10.2 million visitors last year—a staggering 25% increase from the previous year.
Visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris can be overwhelming and provoke a kind of sensory and intellectual overload if you attempt to take in too much.
The magnificent, world-renowned Louvre Museum has ventured outside its Parisian home to create a new cultural landmark in this area of Northern France. It aims to provide the local residents, along with many foreign visitors, access to the finest art in the world within a spectacular setting, while also helping to revive the once-thriving mining town of Lens and its surroundings.
Housed in a building adjoining the Louvre Museum, theMusée des Arts Décoratifs (Decorative Arts Museum)boasts some 150,000 works of decorative art, including ceramics, glass, jewelry, and toys. The collection traces decorative arts across history, beginning with the medieval period, and civilizations, from Europe to the Middle East and far Orient.
Housed in thePalais du Louvre(Louvre Palace), the former seat of French royalty, the Louvre emerged in the 12th century as a medieval fortress, gradually evolving into a public arts museum during the French Revolution in the late 18th century. Since then, it has become the globe’s most-visited museum, and an enduring symbol of French excellence in the arts.