Six Louvre masterpieces we're glad weren't stolen in the heist.
Following the dramatic October theft at the world's largest museum, Le Monde in English journalists reflected on our favorite objects housed in the Paris institution.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/12/22/six-louvre-masterpieces-we-re-glad-weren-t-stolen-in-the-heist_6748765_30.html #globalmuseum #museums #Louvre
Louvre closed to visitors after workers vote to strike.
Industrial action partly in protest against ticket price rise for non-European visitors
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/12/louvre-closed-to-visitors-after-workers-vote-to-strike/# #globalmuseum #museums #Louvre
Louvre Security Cameras Captured Heist—But Guards Weren’t Watching.
An ongoing investigation revealed critical errors in the museum's security response, including directing police to the wrong side of the building.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-security-cameras-captured-heist-but-guards-werent-watching-2727603 #globalmuseum #museum #Louvre
A water leak last month damaged hundreds of books in the Egyptian Ancient section of the Louvre in Paris. According to adjunct-director Francis Steinbock of the French museum he is going on "the books which are increasingly requested by Egyptologists".
https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5542925/waterlekkage-louvre-beschadigt-boeken-over-egyptische-oudheid #globalmuseum #museums #Louvre
Louvre museum to add 100 external cameras by 2026 after heist exposed security flaws.
Officials have admitted there was inadequate security camera coverage of the outside walls of the museum and no cover of the balcony involved in the break-in.
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/louvre-museum-add-100-external-cameras-by-2026-after-heist-exposed-security-2025-11-19/ #globalmuseum #Louvre #museums #security
The #Louvre museum in Paris has announced it is closing one of its galleries because of structural weaknesses.
The Campana Gallery - consisting of nine rooms which host Greek ceramics - will remain shut as engineers investigate "certain beams supporting the floors", the Louvre said
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd2gwwx101o #globalmuseum #museums
Thieves steal $100M in jewels from Louvre after museum used own name as surveillance password.
French cybersecurity audit revealed museum ran outdated Windows Server 2003 software with unguarded rooftop access
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/thieves-steal-100m-jewels-from-louvre-after-museum-used-own-name-surveillance-password #globalmuseum #museums #Louvre #security #passwords
Despite charges filed against 4 suspects in the Louvre heist, stolen jewels still missing.
The investigation of the Paris museum robbery has stretched into its 16th day.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/despite-charges-filed-4-suspects-louvre-heist-stolen/story?id=127128460 #globalmuseum #museums #Louvre
📢 Cambriolage du #Louvre : punaise... j'ai cru que c'était une blague du #Gorafi... en fait non 🤯
🔥 Quelques points de l'article :
➡️ le serveur de vidéosurveillance est protégé par le mot de passe « LOUVRE »
➡️ usage encore à ce jour de #Windows 2000 et XP
➡️ logiciel développé par #Thales tournant sur un serveur encore sous Windows Server 2003
➡️ certains logiciels de vidéosurveillance et de contrôle des accès sont privés de mises à jour
#️⃣ #GAFAM #Microsoft
📢 Cambriolage du #Louvre : punaise... j'ai cru que c'était une blague du #Gorafi... en fait non 🤯
🔥 Quelques points de l'article :
➡️ le serveur de vidéosurveillance est protégé par le mot de passe « LOUVRE »
➡️ usage encore à ce jour de #Windows 2000 et XP
➡️ logiciel développé par #Thales tournant sur un serveur encore sous Windows Server 2003
➡️ certains logiciels de vidéosurveillance et de contrôle des accès sont privés de mises à jour
#️⃣ #GAFAM #Microsoft
Je voulais réserver des billets pour le louvre. La création de mon compte est coincée entre "créer un compte : vous avez déjà créé ce compte" et "connectez-vous : ce compte est désactivé".
C'est plus facile d'y rentrer par une nacelle qu'avec un billet officiel dis donc.
#louvre
Je voulais réserver des billets pour le louvre. La création de mon compte est coincée entre "créer un compte : vous avez déjà créé ce compte" et "connectez-vous : ce compte est désactivé".
C'est plus facile d'y rentrer par une nacelle qu'avec un billet officiel dis donc.
#louvre
Museums are not ‘secret vaults’, say world’s museum leaders.
Directors at major institutions defend principle of open access but say Louvre heist has ‘shaken us to the core’.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/10/museums-are-not-secret-vaults-say-worlds-museum-leaders/# #globalmuseum #museums #Louvre
What to know about the Louvre heist investigation after 2 arrests.
More than 100 investigators are racing to piece together how thieves pulled off the brazen heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, working to recover the stolen gems and bring those responsible to justice.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/what-to-know-about-the-louvre-heist-investigation-after-2-arrests #globalmuseum #museums #Louvre
The Louvre Heist Is Terrific.
Here was a dreamy little crime in which no one really got hurt
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/praise-louvre-heist/684677/?gift=Rz871t01ypZXAY4Z8yHulZN0d78E9VTWg3r3ZaxjrXY #globalmuseum #museums #Louvre
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the heading 'When you need to move fast'
"The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
