Louvre

Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%

Ticket prices for the Louvre museum in Paris will rise by 45% for most non-European Union visitors, the museum's board decided on Thursday. From early next year, tourists from countries…

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

By Carmen Jordá Sanz, Directora del Departamento de Criminología y Seguridad, Universidad Camilo José Cela On Sunday October 19, criminals managed to steal eight pieces of extremely valuable jewellery from…

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Louvre heist: Amateurs, not professionals, carried out theft

Four suspects who have been charged and remanded in custody following a heist at the Louvre are considered more petty thieves than criminal masterminds, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday.…

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The Louvre Robbery: Piecing Together the Daring Jewellery Theft

The Louvre Museum in Paris has been forced to close while police investigate a brazen heist which targeted France's priceless crown jewels. Thieves wielding power tools broke into the world's…

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Mona Lisa could be moved, says Louvre

The Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous portrait, could get a room of its own in the Louvre, the museum’s president said. Such a move would give visitors, many of…

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Paris’ Louvre museum to hike ticket prices by 29%

The Louvre art museum in Paris will hike its basic entrance fee next year by 29%, adding to concerns that visitors coming to Paris for next year's Olympic Games will…

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WATCH: Mona Lisa smeared in cream in climate protest stunt

PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world's most…

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Paris’ Louvre museum visitors fell by three quarters in 2020 due to COVID crisis

The Louvre museum in Paris - home to the Mona Lisa and other world famous works of art - suffered a 72 percent drop in visitors in 2020 compared to…

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Louvre Museum puts time with ‘Mona Lisa’ under hammer to plug COVID-hit finances

PARIS (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic keeps visitors away, the Louvre is offering time close-up with the "Mona Lisa" and a walk along the French museum's historic rooftop at…

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Louvre in Paris to re-open on July 6

The Louvre museum in Paris on Friday said it was planning to re-open its doors on July 6 following new steps announced by French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe to ease…

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The Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris

A series of photos from the exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, 22 October 2019. The exhibition running from 24 October 2019 to 24 February 2020 marks the…

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Photo Story: Mona Lisa’s renovated room at the Louvre Museum in Paris

Leonardo da Vinci's painting La Gioconda (Mona Lisa) is displayed at the new renovated room of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, after two months of work. The painting was…

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Louvre pyramid architect Pei dies aged 102

Tributes have been pouring in on the news of the death of I M Pei, the architect amongst others of the glass pyramid outside the Louvre in Paris. He was…

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