Paris’s Louvre Museum closed on Monday as the bulk of its staff went on strike, the institution announced on its website. The world’s most-visited museum has been plagued by problems – ranging from security and maintenance issues to strikes – since it was targeted in a spectacular daytime robbery in October.
Issued on: 12/01/2026
By: FRANCE 24
Workers display banners outside the Louvre museum after they voted to strike for the day over working conditions and other complaints, on December 15, 2025, in Paris. © Michel Euler, AP/ File picture
The Louvre Museum was forced to close on Monday due to strike action from staff in the latest disruption at the world’s most-visited museum, management said.
“Due to public strikes, the Musee du Louvre is closed today,” the museum said in a message posted on its website, informing disappointed tourists and art lovers that their entry tickets would be automatically reimbursed.
The museum closed for a full day last month and has been only partially open on several other days since.
Nearly three months after a daylight heist, which has heaped pressure on Louvre bosses, staff are calling for more recruitment and better maintenance of the vast former royal palace.
Questions continue to swirl since the October 19 break-in over whether it was avoidable and why thieves were able to steal crown jewels worth more than $100 million.
Two intruders used a truck-mounted extendable platform to access a gallery containing the jewels, slicing through a glass door with disk-cutters in front of startled visitors before stealing eight priceless items.
As well as the robbery, two other recent incidents have highlighted maintenance problems inside the building, which chief architect François Chatillon has described as “not in a good state”.
A water leak in November damaged hundreds of books and manuscripts in the Egyptian department, while management had to shut a gallery housing ancient Greek ceramics in October because ceiling beams above it risked giving way.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
The Louvre Museum was forced to close on Monday due to strike action from staff in the latest disruption at the world’s most-visited museum, management said.
“Due to public strikes, the Musee du Louvre is closed today,” the museum said in a message posted on its website, informing disappointed tourists and art lovers that their entry tickets would be automatically reimbursed.
The museum closed for a full day last month and has been only partially open on several other days since.
Nearly three months after a daylight heist, which has heaped pressure on Louvre bosses, staff are calling for more recruitment and better maintenance of the vast former royal palace.
Questions continue to swirl since the October 19 break-in over whether it was avoidable and why thieves were able to steal crown jewels worth more than $100 million.
Two intruders used a truck-mounted extendable platform to access a gallery containing the jewels, slicing through a glass door with disk-cutters in front of startled visitors before stealing eight priceless items.
As well as the robbery, two other recent incidents have highlighted maintenance problems inside the building, which chief architect François Chatillon has described as “not in a good state”.
A water leak in November damaged hundreds of books and manuscripts in the Egyptian department, while management had to shut a gallery housing ancient Greek ceramics in October because ceiling beams above it risked giving way.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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