Jo Lawson-Tancred, Louvre’s Surprise Closure Sparks Tourist Outrage, ArtNet, 16 June 2025
The world-famous Paris museum is struggling to cope with overcrowding and a deteriorating building.
The Louvre failed to open its doors Monday morning as front-of-house staff staged a spontaneous protest over mounting pressures from understaffing and overcrowding—forcing thousands of visitors to wait in long, unexplained lines outside one of the world’s most visited museums. The walkout follows a dire warning from the museum’s director about crumbling infrastructure and deteriorating conditions inside the iconic Paris institution.
