US EditionLouvre gallery closing due to structural weakness: Museum
The Louvre is relocating 65 employees and closing the Campana Gallery due to fragile beams and environmental risks, following a critical audit of building maintenance.
- Louvre management said on November 17 it is closing the Campana Gallery and second-floor offices above it in the Sully wing due to a fragile building structure.
- A technical report submitted Friday found particular fragility in beams supporting the second level and preservation risks from watertighting loss and temperature variations.
- The Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms of ancient Greek ceramics, will close while 65 employees in the second-floor offices above are relocated temporarily for assessment.
- The closure adds to unwelcome attention after last month's heist of crown jewels worth more than $100 million, and a Court of Auditors criticised managers for spending 105.4m on acquisitions and 63.5m on exhibitions.
- Louvre director Laurence des Cars warned in January of a `proliferation of damage in museum spaces, some of which are in very poor condition`, complicating repairs amid 8.7 million visitors in 2024, with modernization listed as a priority.
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The Louvre in Paris precautionally closes one of its galleries for visitors, after an inspection of several beams in the south wing of the museum building. The nine halls of the gallery Campana, in which ceramics from Greek antiquity are exhibited, were initially closed, the museum announced on Monday. The gallery remained closed for the duration of the investigations, "which relate to the particular instability of certain beams that carry the f…
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After the explosive theft of jewels, the world-famous Louvre in Paris is again alarming: an exhibition area in the south wing has to be closed precautionarily because dilapidated floors have been classified as insecure. Gallery Campana is affected on the first floor. Moreover, within three days around 65 employees are to clear their offices in the affected area. As the museum announced, the floors in the south wing have been monitored for years.…
The museum suspends the operation of a space with Greek ceramics due to damage to columns supporting the upper floor of the hall - The gallery will remain closed until technical studies are completed
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