A rediscovered 2018 security report commissioned by the Louvre flagged the same balcony used in the museum’s $102 million jewel theft.

The Louvre Museum has announced that it has closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building. This is a further setback

On October 19, 2025, thieves disguised as construction workers stole eight pieces of French Crown Jewels valued at €88 million from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, in a scheme now known as the Louvre Heist. The heist was covered by hundreds of news publications around the world, but it wasn’t until now that it was explored in a documentary.

One of the most audacious art heists in history has left the Louvre reeling after more than $100 million worth of jewelry was stolen in broad daylight, and investigators said it didn’t require a Hollywood-style operation.

One month ago, four robbers broke into the most visited museum on the globe and made off with a collection valued at more than $100 million. But this was about more than money. It was a stab at the heart of French history.

From December 3, 2025, the Gallery of the Five Continents will be open to visitors at the Louvre Museum, offering an opportunity to admire works from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, in a journey that reveals the diversity and dialogue of human creativity across the globe.

The raid on the Louvre is far from the first museum heist. But several factors have combined to make Europe fertile ground for cultural thefts.

French authorities have arrested four more people in the probe into last month's spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the top Paris prosecutor has said.

In one of her very few interviews since the museum heist, Laurence des Cars said the plan would increase much-needed security, but critics say it is too focused on new construction.