Paris’ Louvre Reopens After Heist, as Backlash Grows Over Security Flaws
23rd October 2025
The Louvre in Paris reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves made off with historic jewelry worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million) in a spectacular heist that has raised urgent questions over security lapses at the museum.
Visitors queued to enter through the Louvre’s glass pyramid for the first time since Sunday’s brazen robbery, in which hooded assailants broke through a second-floor window using a stolen movers’ lift before making off with jewels from the royal collection.
Later on Wednesday the museum’s director will appear before the French Senate to answer lawmakers’ questions.
Evidently both the director and the chief of security were female DEI hires with no relevant experience.