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Posted on January 5, 2026
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleThe Louvre museum in Paris reopened after a delay due to a staff strike over pay and conditions. Some areas remain closed, following an October jewel heist.
PARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The Louvre museum in Paris - hit by a jewel heist in October and by a workers' dispute - opened on Monday after a three hours delay but some parts remained closed due to the strike.
Staff had met earlier in the day to decide whether to resume a rolling strike, to protest against pay and working conditions. The strike started last month but was called off on December 19 ahead of the Christmas holidays.
The Louvre is the world's most visited museum but it has been left reeling by last October's robbery, when four burglars made off with jewels worth $102 million. The jewels are still missing.
It has also been hit by recent infrastructure problems, including a water leak that damaged ancient books, which have highlighted the museum's deteriorating state.
Unions have said that staff at the Louvre are overworked and mismanaged, and they are calling for more hiring, pay increases and better use of how the museum's money is spent.
(Reporting by Sarah Meyssonnier, Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten/Sudip Kar-Gupta)
A museum heist refers to the theft of valuable items from a museum. This can include art, artifacts, or other significant cultural items, often executed with planning and precision.
Infrastructure refers to the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, including transportation, communication, sewage, water, and electric systems.
Unions are organized groups of workers who come together to make decisions about the terms of their work, including wages, benefits, and working conditions.
A pay increase is an adjustment to an employee's salary or wage, typically reflecting their performance, cost of living adjustments, or changes in job responsibilities.
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