The Louvre Museum in Paris, the most visited museum in the world with almost 9 million visitors a year, will remain closed to the public this Wednesday (December 17, 2025) after extending the workers’ strike that began on Monday, unions announced.
“The notice of strike was maintained and the strike was decided unanimously,” Valérie Baud, representative of the CFDT union, told the press in front of the museum in the French capital. “The Ministry of Culture’s proposals were viewed by the workforce as inadequate and unacceptable,” the CGT union wrote on Instagram.
However, the museum management reopened some of the facilities. “Not all rooms are accessible, but the museum is opening and the first visitors are coming in,” the management of the famous Paris art gallery told AFP. A representative of the CFDT union, Valérie Baud, specifically warned of the danger of opening the museum under these conditions: “It would not be advisable for the management of the Louvre to jeopardize the security of the institution,” she explained.
The director appears before a parliamentary committee today
Outside the main pyramid, a sign informed the numerous visitors who found the doors closed about the situation. The first day of the strike took place on Monday, as Tuesday is the weekly rest day for museum staff.
The unions have set their sights on current director Laurence des Cars, whom they accuse of placing emphasis on a big spectacle rather than dealing with the museum’s necessary renovation. More precisely, Des Cars faces a new parliamentary commission this Wednesday afternoon in the Commission for Cultural Affairs of the French National Assembly.
LGC (AFP, EFE)
(Updated with the partial reopening of the museum).
About The Author
