From January 14, visitors from outside the European Economic Area will pay €32 for entry—€10 more than today—as the Louvre seeks to boost revenue to address structural issues and improve security
Authorities suspect he was the final member of a four-man team that made off with France’s crown jewels in broad daylight
Three institutions decades apart—one relying on 1990s surveillance, one underfunded during Greece's financial crisis, and one among the world's wealthiest museums. All were robbed successfully
15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, became an internet sensation after a mysterious photo captured him at the Louvre during a royal jewels theft, inspiring worldwide theories about the “Fedora Man.”
A total of seven suspects are now in custody after the October 19 theft at the Louvre, though the stolen jewelry has yet to be recovered
French police have arrested two men in connection with last week’s audacious Louvre robbery, which saw jewels worth €88 million stolen in under ten minutes. Investigators gathered over 150 DNA samples as the hunt for the remaining suspects and loot continues
French police have detained two men linked to last week’s daring Louvre robbery, in which thieves posing as workers stole Napoleon-era crown jewels worth €88 million in a broad-daylight heist that shocked France
After a daring €88 million jewel heist, Louvre Director Laurence des Cars admits “we were defeated,” outlining major security flaws and urging France’s Interior Ministry to establish a permanent police presence within the world’s most-visited museum
The Athens meeting, known as the “Pink Diamond Conference,” was organized jointly by EUROPOL, EMPACT, and Greece’s equivalent of the FBI.
A multibillion-dollar global black market deals in gold, diamonds and jewels stolen from museums and private collections
The audacious jewel theft at Paris’s Louvre Museum has stunned the world — but it’s only the latest chapter in a long history of spectacular art and museum robberies, from Rembrandt’s stolen portraits to the “heist of the century” in Athens
In a daring daylight robbery that could be straight out of a movie, thieves snatched France’s crown jewels from the Louvre’s Apollon Gallery in just sevenminutes. Only one item — Empress Eugénie’s crown — was later found discarded on a nearby street, slightly damaged
Four masked thieves used a lift truck to break into the Louvre’s Apollon Gallery and steal priceless royal jewels in under ten minutes, raising questions about the museum’s security
The robbers attacked the first two galleries—the Napoleon Gallery and the French Sovereigns’ Gallery—stealing nine pieces from Napoleon and the Empress’s jewelry collection
Staff at the world’s most visited museum walked out on Monday citing “untenable” working conditions caused by a surge in visitor numbers.
164 archeological sites and the 188 museums of the country welcomed 15.2 million visitors while from those, 85.9% came during the summer season, with estimated revenues up to 119.9 million euros, while the coming year seems to be even more promising.