The walk out followed a monthly union staff meeting, involving gallery attendants, security guards, and ticket agents.

The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, abruptly shut down due to a strike over overcrowding and poor working conditions ...

Footage circulating on social platform X shows swarms of frustrated and confused visitors, tickets in hand, lingering outside ...

The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, was closed for a few hours on June 16 after an impromptu staff strike.

The museum closed its doors without warning for around four hours leaving thousands of tourists stranded, confused and ...

A strike on June 16 that left visitors waiting outside the Mona Lisa’s home shows change is needed more urgently than Macron ...

While it appears to be a one-off event, it’s another indicator of the challenges sparked by overtourism across Europe.

The Louvre routinely closes on Tuesdays, so the fact its doors aren’t open today is not the result of the strike. However, it ...

A sudden closure of the Louvre Museum on Monday, June 16, 2025, left visitors who had been queuing outside disappointed.

It’s not every day that the Louvre Museum, the world’s most visited museum and a symbol of French art and history, suddenly ...

As Paris braces for a heat wave this weekend, a little-known network of underground pipes will be cooling the Louvre museum ...