Troubled Louvre museum in Paris faces disruption as unions call strike

December 15, 2025

Weeks after jewel heist, world’s most visited museum in dispute over staffing, renovations and ticket price rises

Trade unions at the crisis-hit Louvre museum in Paris will begin a strike on Monday to demand urgent renovations and staffing increases, and to protest against a rise in ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, including British and American tourists.

The world’s most-visited museum – which has had a difficult few months after a jewel heist, a damaging water leak and safety fears over a gallery ceiling – could face days of partial or total closure at one of its busiest times of the year if many of its 2,100-strong workforce vote to continue striking.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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