Louvre museum facts most guides won't tell you. It was a fortress, then a palace, then a warehouse. All three buildings are still inside the one you walk through.
The Louvre museum jewels are what's left of a collection that used to run France. In 1887 the Third Republic sold most of it at auction. Here's what survived, and why.
What to see at the Louvre when you only have a few hours. Skip the top-ten list. Pick a wing, walk it slowly, and let the palace do the work.
A guide to the Louvre museum paintings worth walking for, from the Grand Gallery's Italian corridor to the largest canvas in the building that nobody looks at.
A first-person walk to the Louvre museum Mona Lisa -- where she hangs, how the room works, and what to do in the ninety seconds you'll have with her.
The Mona Lisa wasn't famous until a Louvre handyman walked out with her in August 1911. The theft, not the painting, made the myth.