National Park Service records claim President William McKinley referred to the estate as the "Louvre of America" during a visit in 1898. The county's Historical Society had been based at the castle ...

Laurence des Cars called for a fundamental modernization of the Louvre, stating that "the status quo is not tenable." ...

Last year, the Louvre received 8.7 million visitors, over three-quarters being foreigners mostly from the United States, China and neighboring countries Italy, the UK, Germany and Spain.