Visitors observe the painting the Mona Lisa by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci on display in a gallery at Louvre on May 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Marc Piasecki/Getty Images hide caption
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The Mona Lisa last year in Paris. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption
The then-president of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, during a visit to the museum in June 2020 in Paris. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption
The Apollon Gallery at the Louvre museum in Paris on Jan. 14, 2020. Stephanie de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Not Heading To Paris This Summer? The Louvre Has Digitized 482,000 Artworks
Visitors wearing face masks wait to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum on Monday. The most visited museum in the world reopened to the public after closing in March. Chesnot/Getty Images hide caption
When Leonardo da Vinci arrived in France in 1516, he brought three of his own paintings with him — "Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" (left), "Saint John the Baptist" (right) and the Mona Lisa. RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre)/René-Gabriel Ojéda (left) Michel Urtado (right) hide caption
500 Years After Leonardo Da Vinci's Death, France Celebrates His Life And Work
The Louvre was closed on Monday as security and reception staff went on strike over what they say are deteriorating working conditions as the museum draws record crowds. Here, visitors queue outside the Louvre in July 2015. Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen, wearing a red scarf, visits two rooms of the Louvre filled with 31 paintings recovered after World War II. She conducted the visit Monday with the museum's president, Jean-Luc Martinez. Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Officers cordon off an area outside the Louvre Museum near the shopping area where a man attacked soldiers in Paris on Friday. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption
Torrential downpours have lashed parts of Europe in recent days. In Paris, the Seine River breached its banks in places. Geoffrey Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Visitors stands in front of the entrance to the Louvre in Paris, on Wednesday. The museum was closed for the day after workers walked off the job to protest what they say is the increasing problem of pickpockets in the museum's vast galleries. Jacques Brinon/AP hide caption