It is the museum of all superlatives, with its 10 million annual visitors and its 73,000 square meters devoted to exhibition halls, and its 220O agents. It will reopen, unless ordered otherwise, and if the museum manages to organize the work of the agents and the flow of visitors, on July 6, in a completely different state of mind. A strange page will open in its long history. After being received by the Minister of Culture on Friday morning, the director-general explains to Le Figaro what visiting the Louvre will mean this summer.
LE FIGARO.- The Louvre, before confinement, was a city teeming with people. How will the visitor be received in July?
Jean-Luc MARTINEZ .- We normally have around 75% of foreign visitors. They mainly come from distant countries, such as the United States, China, Korea or Brazil. They will not be there. We therefore expect a drop in attendance of 60 to 80%, knowing that many
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