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Louvre museum director wants in-house police station to prevent smash and grab raids

At a Senate hearing, Louvre director Laurence des Cars detailed failures in the Paris museum's security and also confirmed that she had offered to resign but the move was rejected by Culture Minister Rachida Dati.

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Louvre chief Des Cars admits 'terrible failure' at museum during jewel heist

Louvre Museum director Laurence des Cars has admitted a "terrible failure" after thieves cut through a window and stole jewellery worth nearly €90 million. She said she takes responsibility for weaknesses in security that allowed the gang to strike on Sunday morning.

Radio France Internationale

Louvre Director Admits 'Insufficient' Camera Coverage After Heist

The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist.

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Did Kim Kardashian's Robbers Strike Again? Louvre Jewel Heist Theory Baffles Investigators

A brazen daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris has triggered comparisons with the infamous Kim Kardashian robbery, reviving questions about elite thieves and museum security.

International Business Times UK

Louvre jewel heist: other daring art thefts from the museum

How the Guardian reported the stealing of art works from the Paris museum including the Mona Lisa in 1911

The Guardian - UK

Louvre heist: five keys to understanding the robbery – and security threats to museums everywhere

On Sunday October 19, criminals managed to steal eight pieces of extremely valuable jewellery from the Louvre Museum’s Gallery of Apollo, in Paris. The robbery highlights long-standing issues for criminology in the field of cultural heritage, as museum security has to address traditional and emerging threats as well as a…

The Conversation

Louvre heist: the turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewellery and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre’s gilded Gallery of Apollo in Paris. The theft of these items from one of the world’s most…

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What Will The Louvre Thieves Do With Their Priceless Loot? Shocking Plan Revealed

A daring seven-minute heist at Paris's Louvre Museum left France reeling as thieves escaped with royal jewels worth millions. Experts now fear the priceless loot could vanish forever. Here's what might happen to the stolen treasures.

International Business Times UK

No Chardins? No Leonardos? We’re lucky the Louvre raiders had dreadful taste in art

The philistine thieves skipped the museum’s real treasures in favour of dull royal knick-knacks. Was the French interior minister serious when he talked about their ‘immeasurable heritage value’?

The Guardian - UK

Louvre remains closed after daring daylight robbery shocks Paris

People queued outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday, hoping it would reopen a day after a daring daylight robbery forced its closure.

Euronews

Russia inflicts terror on Ukrainian soil while Trump toys with Zelensky over giving up land

NEWS ANALYSIS: Donald Trump suggests Ukraine should give up Donetsk province or risk being ‘destroyed’ by Vladimir Putin. He is wrong. Russia is making brutal, but only incremental, advances at an immense cost, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Jewels stolen from the Louvre include imperial crowns and necklaces

Jewels stolen from Paris’ Louvre Museum in a daring heist include a crown worn by Empress Eugenie, a brooch of Empress Eugenie, and a crown worn by Queen Marie-Amelie

The Independent UK

Louvre to remain closed one day after jewel heist

The Louvre said it would remain closed Monday after historic jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist the day before

The Independent UK

Millions Missing And No Clues – Why Are Museum Heists So Hard To Crack? Top 5 Heists In Recent Memory, Revealed

Revisit famous art thefts, from the Louvre to Boston — unsolved mysteries and stunning recoveries.

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Is the Louvre Closed After Museum Robbery? Official Announcement, Statement Released After Priceless Jewels Stolen

The Louvre temporarily closed after a daylight jewel heist in its Galerie d'Apollon. Officials say the museum will reopen once security upgrades are complete.

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Louvre Thieves Make Off With Millions In Stolen Jewellery After Broad-Daylight Heist

One $60 million crown was dropped and broken as the thieves made their getaway.

The Conversation

The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and now the Louvre’s royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists

The world’s largest art museum, the Louvre has approximately half a million objects in its collection, with about 30,000 on display, and sees on average 8 million visitors per year. That’s big on any scale, with a lot of people and objects to keep watch over. And Sundays are particularly…

International Business Times

French Police Hunt Louvre Jewel Thieves

The hunt was on Monday for the band of thieves who stole eight priceless royal pieces of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight.

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Paris Louvre Heist Lays Bare Museum Security Complaints

A raid on France's top museum that saw thieves flee with royal jewels has raised awkward questions about how well the country's priceless cultural heritage is being protected.

Euronews

From Da Vinci to Rembrandt, here's a look at some famous museum heists throughout history

Thieves reportedly stole nine pieces of valuable jewellery from the Louvre on Sunday, but it's not the first daring heist at the museum. Here’s a look at some other famous heists worldwide.

Evening Standard

Heist at the Louvre: Jewels worth millions stolen from world-famous art gallery

The gallery has been forced to close after the chainsaw-wielding thieves made off with jewellery of ‘incalculable value’

Evening Standard

Ancient Egyptian notes and coffin mask to go on display in new exhibition

One of the notes records absences from work at the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings in ancient Thebes.

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141 Times People Took A Picture Only To Realize They’d Captured A Renaissance Masterpiece (New Pics)

Aren't these accidental Renaissances stunning?

Euronews

'We're here to take it back': Campaign urges museums to correct mislabelling of Ukrainian artists

The Stolen Art Campaign by NGO Shadows Project aims to correct misattributions of Ukrainian artists in Western museums, highlighting Russia's cultural erasure.

Euronews

‘Louvre Couture’ exhibition in Paris breaks record to become Louvre’s second most visited showcase

Paris’ Louvre attracted more than a million people for its ‘Louvre Couture’ exhibition, the museum’s first showcase dedicated to fashion.

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