The announcement comes after the Louvre Museum director revealed the dire state of the famous Parisian museum last week. View on euronews

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce possibly hundreds of millions of euros in renovation work for the Louvre

The world-famous needs a massive injection of cash if it is to cope with visitor numbers, the museum's president has said