The employees of Louvre on Monday approved the resumption of the strike that began Dec. 15 and was suspended during the year-end holiday to protest their working conditions at the museum, which will partially open its facilities.
Workers at the world’s most visited museum “unanimously” agreed in a meeting to resume the strike, unions CFDT and CGT said, estimating that there had been insufficient progress in negotiations with the French Ministry of Culture.
“About 350 people from different professions – city councilors, conservatives, support agents – voted unanimously” for the resumption of the mobilization, said Valérie Baud, CFDT representative, for this release.
The address of Louvre For his part, he said that the museum will be open “partially” and that the “Tour of Masterpieces”, of which this is part, will take place Mona LisaThe Venus de Milo and the Victory of Samothraceit would be accessible.
The workers are protesting against the lack of staff, particularly in guarding rooms, and against the increase in tariffs for non-European tourists, which comes into force on January 14th.
The museum has been in the eye of the storm since the spectacular heist on October 19, when four men broke through a window and stole several jewels worth more than a hundred million dollars in just a few minutes.
Due to the building’s deterioration, the institution also had to close a gallery in November and recently suffered a water leak that damaged hundreds of works in the Egyptian Antiquities Library.
He Louvre According to data released by the museum on Monday, it received nine million visitors in 2025 (73% of whom were foreigners), a figure slightly higher than the 8.7 million the previous year.
Overall, according to the institution, 40% of foreign visitors come from a non-European country. This very audience, excluding those under 18, will pay an entrance fee of 32 euros ($37) from January 14, up from the current 22 euros.
Spring: AFP.
Photos: Reuters/ Sarah Meyssonnier and Reuters/ Abdul Saboor.
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