PARIS -- Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft of ...

The Louvre cannot seem to catch a break. Just months after the high-profile jewelry heist, in late November 2025, the museum experienced a significant water leak in its Egyptian antiquities library.

Paris - A water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre's Egyptian department, the iconic Paris museum told AFP on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns ...

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, a masterpiece, resides at the Louvre, protected by advanced security. Its journey from Renaissance Italy to French royal collections, through revolution and a famous ...

Hundreds of works were damaged at the Louvre in Paris when a pipe burst because of flooding, the museum’s deputy general administrator said. The flooding last week damaged at least 300 to 400 works in ...

On October 19th, 2025, a group of people snuck into the Louvre and stole eight pieces of the French Crown Jewels in broad daylight. The robbery was done in less than 10 minutes, but over 80 million ...

The day after the jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris, officials from across Washington’s world-famous museums were already talking, assessing and planning how to bolster their own security. “We went ...