Des Cars stressed security improvement is a priority of the decade-long "Louvre New Renaissance" plan launched earlier this year, with an estimated cost of up to 800 million euros ($933 million), to modernize infrastructure, ease crowding and give the Mona Lisa a dedicated gallery by 2031.

One month ago, four robbers broke into the most visited museum on the globe and made off with a collection valued at more than $100 million. But this was about more than money. It was a stab at the heart of French history.

"Louvre Couture", the groundbreaking fashion show from Paris, has opened potentially its only U.S. engagement—in Houston.

The 2025 jewel heist from the Louvre Museum in Paris has grabbed headlines and the world’s attention since October. Now, R.J. Cutler and Laurent Bouzereau ( Music by John Williams) are developing a documentary that will explore the theft and the search for the criminals, as well as the public obsession that followed.

On a sunny morning on October 19, 2025, four men allegedly walked into the world's most-visited museum and left, minutes later, with crown jewels worth €88 million (£76 million). The theft from Paris's Louvre Museum—one of the world's most surveilled cultural institutions—took just under eight minutes.

PARIS (Reuters) -France's Louvre Museum will install 100 external cameras by the end of 2026 as part of measures to tighten security after last month's spectacular heist, its director said on Wednesday.