Louvre Museum

Louvre Museum

People wearing protective face masks walk near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

The Louvre just got robbed, here is how it happened

In a lightning-fast operation lasting just minutes, thieves stole eight priceless jewels from the museum’s famed Apollo’s Gallery on Sunday, forcing the world’s most visited museum to shut down

Police stand near the pyramid of the Louvre museum after reports of a robbery, in Paris, France, October 19, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Thieves rob priceless jewels from Paris' Louvre in brazen heist

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Activists splash soup on glass-protected Mona Lisa in Paris

French police officers keep watch outside of the Louvre museum, closed for security reasons, in Paris. Photo: Hindustan Times

Louvre Museum shuts down amid bomb alert at Frances Palace of Versailles

Museum staff clean the protective glass with da Vinci's Mona Lisa behind it, after a visitor smeared it with cream, in Paris, France May 29, 2022 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Twitter/@Sara_Algaba via REUTERS

Visitor throws cake at the 'Mona Lisa' in Paris' Louvre

Don't forget us! Paris tour guides protest outside Louvre

Don't forget us! Paris tour guides protest outside Louvre

People line up at the Louvre Museum as the staff closed the museum during a staff meeting about the coronavirus outbreak, in Paris, France, March 1, 2020/ Reuters

France closes the Louvre as virus spreads to new fronts

FILE PHOTO: A view shows tourists walking past the Louvre Pyramid designed by Chinese-born U.S. architect Ieoh Ming Pei outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Paris' Louvre closes for staff meeting on coronavirus

The painting Salvator Mundi by School of Leonardo da Vinci is pictured during a press visit of the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition to commemorate the 500-year anniversary of his death, at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, October 20, 2019/ Reuters

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