The decision came after the Louvre's visitor numbers surpassed "the symbolic threshold" of 10 million last year, which equates to 25,000 to 50,000 a day. At the Louvre's most-popular art, the crowds are so thick you really can't see much, and the atmosphere is circus-like. " The Art Newspaper
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:28PM on April 25, 2019