US EditionLouvre Closes After Thieves Rob Crown Jewels in 7-Minute Heist
- On October 19, 2025, France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati announced a theft at the Louvre Museum, Paris, which closed for the day while detectives worked with museum staff on the investigation.
- Police sources told Le Parisien that raiders entered via the Seine-facing facade where renovation work is underway, using an outside lift and freight elevator to access the Galerie d'Apollon.
- Le Parisien and other outlets reported that thieves stole nine pieces from Napoleon and the Empress's jewellery collection and fled on moto-scooters.
- Officials reported that there were no injuries and said it remained unclear exactly what had been stolen as detectives coordinate with Louvre staff on the investigation.
- The museum's scale—housing more than 33,000 works and drawing up to 30,000 visitors a day—means security faces ongoing challenges, especially given the 1911 Mona Lisa theft.
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In Just 7 Brazen Minutes, Thieves Grab ‘Priceless’ Jewels From Louvre
The doors of the world’s grandest museum had been opened to the public for just 30 minutes when two burglars were lifted up onto a stony second-floor balcony on the building’s south side. Their faces concealed, they rode a monte-meubles, a truck-mounted electric ladder that is a common sight on the streets of Paris, where it is used to ferry bulky furniture through the windows of apartments. Once there, they used grinders to break a window, sett…
Louvre museum robbed in broad daylight: Detailed list of eight stolen jewel pieces revealed
The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, was forced to close after a professional four-minute theft of eight Crown Jewel pieces, including tiaras, necklaces, earrings, and brooches. Art detectives are racing against time to recover the items before they are dismantled.
DECRYPTAGE - The disappearance this Sunday morning of eight objects "of invaluable value" has revived the question of the security arrangements put in place within the palace, as well as in other national museums.
According to the French Minister of the Interior, the break-in took seven minutes.
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