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I went to the Louvre in 2012, and I was able to walk up the Mona Lisa without a queue. I and a few others admired it for several uninterrupted minutes. I took
by fvrghl 7y ago
I went to the Louvre in 2012, and I was able to walk up the Mona Lisa without a queue. I and a few others admired it for several uninterrupted minutes. I took a selfie and left. It was a very special moment.
I think they should do a reservation or lottery system to preserve the opportunity for intimacy. Make sure you actually get to spend time with work. Otherwise if you are only giving people 30 seconds (as the article states), you are encouraging the just-take-a-selfie-and-leave attitude.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoThat doesn't add up. Isn't that how it worked before? By your own description.
- netsharc 7y agoThere's been debates about how to handle over-tourism, one thing that can be done is to increase the price of tickets, but that seems to advantage the privileged. In Italy there are many objects where there are only limited tickets, e.g. Leonardo's Last Supper. Maybe have a 2-tier model. The "Queue, take a selfie and go" model during the day, and the "5 minutes uninterrupted" model after regular operating hours, where you can reserve or win by lottery. Interestingly the security guards of that area of the museum get to have the best access.