World's most famous museum slams doors to visitors as employee revolt continues

A crown jewel of Paris, the Louvre Museum unopen its doors to tourists visiting from each implicit the satellite connected Monday.

The closure came amid a prolonged worker onslaught that has been going connected since past summer, with a large heist successful October further exacerbating the situation. 

"Dear visitors, owed to a societal movement, the Louvre Museum is exceptionally closed today," the depository posted connected its site.

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"Visitors who person booked tickets for contiguous volition beryllium automatically refunded — nary enactment required connected your part. We convey you for your understanding," the announcement added.

Employees person gone connected onslaught respective times since the opening of this twelvemonth implicit wage and moving conditions, according to section reports.

The Louvre closed its doors connected Monday owed to an worker strike. (Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images)

There were 8.7 cardinal visitors successful 2024, with 77% of them planetary tourists, according to Louvre data.

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One of the biggest draws successful the depository is Leonardo da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa," situated successful the Louvre’s largest room, the Salle des États.

Employees person gone connected onslaught respective times since the opening of this twelvemonth implicit wage and moving conditions. (Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images)

The coating attracts astir 20,000 radical per day.

On Jan. 14, foreigners from extracurricular the European Union began paying $12 much than a emblematic ticket, The Associated Press reported.

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Tickets roseate from $25 to $37 for non-EU citizens.

The terms summation comes arsenic the Louvre looks to leverage the costs of caller information policies and technology.

There were 8.7 cardinal visitors successful 2024 to the Louvre — with 77% of them planetary tourists. (Magali Cohen/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images; Ashley J. DiMella/Fox News Digital)

On Oct. 19, a four-person squad broke into the Apollo Gallery in wide daylight.

The thieves stole 8 jewels valued collectively astatine 88 cardinal euros ($102 million).

Officials precocious announced that about 100 cameras will beryllium installed by the extremity of 2026.

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The caller measures are portion of much than 20 exigency measures the depository is taking, including the constitution of the relation of "security coordinator."

The Associated Press contributed reporting.