French government taps a new director to steer Louvre Museum out of crisis
PARIS (AP) — The home of the “Mona Lisa” is getting a new boss. Art historian Christophe Leribault,…
Louvre Museum chief resigns in wake of jewels heist
PARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum’s director resigned Tuesday after months of pressure following the October theft of…
Fraud is ‘inevitable’ at a museum the size of Louvre, official says
PARIS (AP) — For the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, it is “statistically inevitable” that fraud would…
New surveillance video shows Louvre jewel heist in action
Footage of the spectacular robbery at the Louvre Museum has been broadcast for the first time on French…
What to know about Louvre ticket prices
PARIS (AP) — Long lines beneath I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid have become as much a part of the…
Strikes and a $100 million heist push the Louvre into historic crisis
PARIS (AP) — The ongoing strike at the Louvre is no longer just a labor dispute. It has…
Louvre workers plan to strike over work conditions after Crown Jewels heist
PARIS (AP) — Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a…
French police arrest man linked to Louvre Museum crown jewels heist
PARIS (AP) — A man arrested by French police earlier this week is thought to be the fourth…
Paris prosecutor announces 4 arrests in $102M Louvre Museum heist
PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with the stunning heist at…
Diamond brooch lost by Napoleon while fleeing Battle of Waterloo sells for $4.4 million
GENEVA (AP) — A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo…
Fedora man unmasked: Meet Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, the teen behind the Louvre ‘detective’ mystery photo
PARIS — When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realized an Associated Press photo of him at the Louvre…
Louvre theft renews focus on colonial past of France’s crown jewels
WHY THIS MATTERS: The theft of the Louvre’s crown jewels has increased calls for the museum to be…