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Laurence des Cars steps down days after parliamentary inquiry called Paris museum a ‘state within a state’ The president of the Louvre in Paris has resigned, four months after a gang of thieves broke ...

PARIS (AP) — For the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, it is “statistically inevitable” that fraud would come up at some point, the museum’s No. 2 said in the wake of a decade-long, $11.8 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A decade-long ticket fraud scheme has cost the Louvre an estimated $11.8 million, with Chinese tour guides accused ...

The burst water pipe is the latest in a string of setbacks for Louvre managers that have affected the museum's daily operations since the theft of France's historic Crown Jewels last October. There's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view shows the Porte des Lions, the new public entrance to the renovated Denon wing (Aile Denon) at the Louvre Museum in Paris, ...

PARIS — The Louvre museum's Denon gallery, where its most valuable paintings are displayed, was hit by ‌a water leak on Thursday evening, although the ⁠area which houses Leonardo Da Vinci's ⁠"Mona ...

Rooms in the Denon Wing were also closed on Friday due to a water leak as the famed Paris museum's woes deepen. Visitors queue in front of the Pyramide du Louvre, designed by Chinese-US architect I.M.

Months after a group of thieves abandoned a Napoleonic crown during a brazen daytime heist at Paris' Louvre Museum, newly released photos show the diamond-and-emerald-studded headpiece significantly ...

Photos of Empress Eugénie's crown, damaged during the October heist theft in the Apollo Gallery, have been released. - Thomas Clot/Musée du Louvre When thieves broke into the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery ...

Empress Eugénie’s crown was left lying on the sidewalk after the Louvre Museum heist in October. The museum has now released pictures of the damage. By Catherine Porter Reporting from Paris The crown ...