Louvre Museum in need of upgrade after complaints of leaky facilities and overcrowding

Laurence des Cars, the new director of the Louvre, has expressed concerns about the condition of the museum. She notes that the Louvre is failing to cope with its eight million annual visitors, describing it as an "edifice" that is "crumbling". The museum's infrastructure is struggling to handle the large number of visitors, with des Cars describing it as a "physical ordeal". She has written a memo to the Culture Minister, Rachida Dati, warning of the "proliferation of damage" in the museum spaces.