44K views · 244 reactions | The spreading coronavirus epidemic has shut down the famed Louvre Museum, with staff fearful of being contaminated by the flow of visitors from around the world. The French government also decided to ban indoor public gatherings of more than 5,000 people. | CBC News | Facebook

40K views · 969 reactions | The Louvre reopened Wednesday morning to crowds under its glass pyramid — even as France reeled from one of the highest-profile museum thefts in living memory just days earlier at the famed museum. | AP | Facebook

12K views · 318 reactions | Did you know that the 71-foot-high glass and stainless steel pyramid at the main entrance to Paris’ The Louvre was once greeted with hostility and ridiculed? But now, the pyramid designed by I.M. Pei, FAIA, rivals the Eiffel Tower as one of France’s most recognizable architectural icons. | The American Institute of Architects | Facebook