
How many visitors is too many? Paris museums confront āover-attendanceā
Sylvain Amic, the president of the Ćtablissement public des musĆ©es dāOrsay et de lāOrangerie (the governmental body that oversees both institutions) since April 2024, puts it plainly: āA museumās mission is to radiateāto make known and to share its collections with the greatest number of peopleāso there is a contradiction in the idea of needing to limit how many can come.ā