Drinks with Mona Lisa: A special night at the museum
Daniela Molinari dreamed of offering a drink to the famous Mona Lisa and asking her all about the great Leonardo Da Vinci. On Tuesday night she enjoyed a very special night at the museum, at the famous Louvre in Paris.
The Italian-Canadian art conservation student was chosen from over 180,000 entrants in a competition, launched by the Louvre in Paris and the home-sharing platform Airbnb, to mark 30 years since architect I.M Pei's glass pyramid was erected in the art museum's courtyard.
It is the first time that any member of the public has been allowed to sleep in the famous museum overnight.
The experience also included a special guided tour by an art historian, like those previously offered only to the likes of Barack Obama, Beyonce and Jay-Z.
All the contestants had to do was answer the question: "Why would you be the Mona Lisa's perfect guest?"
"I wrote about offering a drink to Mona Lisa, to ask her about Leonardo... we would share a spritz, because she never had a chance to taste one," the 26-year-old Molinari wrote.
"I didn't take it seriously, I didn't think it would work," she added.
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