Struggling Louvre begs Macron for help

CGTN Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Louvre after the museum’s directors begged for help to bring it up to date. Speaking from the museum, CGTN’s Ross Cullen explains the problems.

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00:00the Louvre is the world's biggest museum and it has some big problems the director of the

00:06centuries-old building says that the exhibition halls like this one i'm in right now are aging

00:13that there is inadequate signage that the building leaks it's overcrowded there are not

00:18enough areas for people to take a break there are inadequate sanitary and dining facilities

00:23and she has said that unfortunately a trip to the Louvre is now a physical ordeal the French

00:30president Emmanuel Macron visited the Louvre on the 28th of January responding to her call

00:35for urgent government assistance to help restore the world's most visited museum

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