Louvre reopens Apollo Gallery after a brazen heist, but no jewels are on display
The reopened gallery will show only its restored interiors as security is upgraded and the missing jewels remain unrecovered after the October theft.
- On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, the Louvre Museum's Apollo Gallery reopened to the public, marking the end of months of closure following the October 2025 theft of French Crown Jewels valued at €88 million.
- Robbers disguised as construction workers entered the Apollo Gallery on October 19, 2025, using a truck-mounted lift to steal eight French Crown Jewels in less than eight minutes; the jewels remain missing.
- The museum removed precious objects from the space, which now reverts to its 17th-century ceremonial function. Security at the Paris institution has been boosted with new surveillance cameras and anti-intrusion systems.
- Following the theft, an internal crisis at the Louvre Museum led to the replacement of president Laurence des Cars by Christophe Leribault, who confirmed that precious objects had been removed.
- President Christophe Leribault announced plans for a secure, windowless vault to house remaining jewelry, aligning with the decade-long €800 million 'Louvre New Renaissance' plan aimed at modernizing infrastructure by 2031.
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Louvre Apollo Gallery Reopens... The Jewels Are Gone, Only Bars Remain. 150 Billion Won of Stolen Treasure Still Unrecovered. Becomes a Dark Tourism Spot for Photo Spots. The Louvre Museum's Apollo Gallery, Galerie d'Apollon, which had been closed since the royal jewel theft last October, reopened on the 22nd (local time) at 9:00
Madrid, Spain. The Apollo Gallery, located on the first floor of the Louvre Museum, has reopened this Wednesday after being closed since October 19, 2025 by the so-called ‘steal of the century’, in which the assailants managed to subtract up to nine pieces of the jewels of the French crown in broad daylight and in just seven minutes. “The collections and precious objects it housed have been removed to return the painted and sculpted mural decora…
VIDEO - The Galerie d'Apollon du Louvre reopens to the public this Wednesday, July 22, in the presence of President and Chief Executive Officer Christophe Leribault and the Minister of Culture, Catherine P Regard, nine months after the burglary of the museum.
The Galerie d'Apollon du Musée du Louvre reopened its doors in Paris on Wednesday, for the first time since the theft of jewels in October 2025.
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