What is the name of the famous art museum in Paris that houses the Mona Lisa?

The Louvre Museum in Paris is the famous art museum that houses Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

The museum occupies the Louvre Palace, whose origins reach back to a medieval fortress built under King Philip II in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. It gradually became a royal residence before France’s kings moved their main court to Versailles. The Louvre opened as a public museum on 10 August 1793, displaying works from the former royal collection.

The Mona Lisa is one of the Louvre’s best-known masterpieces, but it is only one part of the museum’s enormous holdings. Other celebrated works include the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Leonardo’s portrait is traditionally believed to depict Lisa Gherardini, also known as Lisa del Giocondo, and was painted on a poplar wood panel.

Visitors sometimes confuse the Louvre with Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, which is especially known for Impressionist art, or with the Centre Pompidou, associated with modern and contemporary works. The Louvre’s glass pyramid, completed in 1989, serves as its best-known modern entrance.