Paris' Louvre museum closed on Monday due to strike


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  • Monday, 12 Jan 2026

Employees stand in front of the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum whose opening has been postponed during a staff meeting about a strike over pay and working conditions at the museum, the state of the museum's buildings and staffing issues, after a spectacular heist which saw thieves make off with jewels in broad daylight, in Paris, January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

PARIS, Jan ‌12 (Reuters) - Paris' ‌Louvre museum will be ‌closed on Monday due to a strike ‍protest from staff, ‍who have ‌gone strike several times ‍during the ​past weeks over ⁠pay and working conditions, said ‌the museum on its ⁠website.

The ‍Louvre is the world's most ‍visited museum but it ‌has been left reeling by a major robbery last October, when four burglars made off with ‌jewels worth $102 million. The jewels are still ​missing.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, editing by Inti Landauro)

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