The Louvre Museum has failed to open on time Monday, leaving thousands of visitors stuck in long, unmoving lines.

The Louvre castle was built in 1190 under the reign of King Philippe Auguste. In 1546, Francis I had the old castle razed and began the building of a royal residence.

The Louvre castle as it looked in the 16th century in the manuscript Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. . An 1850 artwork titled Modern Paris shows the Tuileries, the Louvre and Rue de Rivoli.

The Louvre, with over 8.7 million visitors in 2024 alone, has become a symbol of mass tourism. On Monday, staff members walked out during an internal meeting, refusing to return to their posts.

France’s famed Louvre museum and Versailles Palace both closed Saturday after bomb threats as the country remains on its highest level of alert for terrorism after a fatal Friday incident ...

Chief among the sporting activities is “Run in the Louvre,” hour-long sweat sessions in which 30 visitors partake in four 10-minute exercises across the museum’s most iconic spaces. Yoga ...

The Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats. The government has put France on high security alert after a fatal school stabbing by a ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris has added a “national treasure” to its collection four years after it was discovered during a house clearance. “Christ Mocked” by the Florentine painter Cimabue ...