Architect I.M. Pei's glass pyramid has become an internationally recognized icon of the Parisian institution

The Louvre: France's Iconic Museum

Times are changing at the world's most popular museum, which is richer, bolder and edgier than ever before.
Photographs for TIME by Ulrich Lebeuf / MYOP

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