Visitors crowd the Salle des États in the Louvre to take photos of the Mona Lisa, Jan. 27, 2025, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) By Associated Press. UPDATED: June 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM CDT.

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, has withstood war, terror, and pandemic — but on Monday, it was brought to a halt by its own ...

Tourists wait in line outside the Louvre museum, which failed to open on time June 16, 2025, in Paris. AP Photo/Christophe Ena The moment felt bigger than a labor protest.

The Louvre Museum in Paris, home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and other priceless works of art, was forced to open later than expected because of a labor strike on Monday, June 16. Thousands ...

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war, not by terror, but by its own exhausted staff, who say the ...

Mona Lisa attacked with cake in apparent climate protest 00:40. The Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats. The government has put ...

With the Louvre closed because of the pandemic, museum officials are pushing ahead on a grand restoration and cleanup. By Liz Alderman Photographs and Video by Dmitry Kostyukov PARIS — From her ...