US EditionOverwhelmed and understaffed, the Louvre shuts its doors — a warning sign for global overtourism
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, FRANCE, JUN 16 – Staff staged a spontaneous walkout citing overcrowding and unsafe conditions at the Louvre, which hosted 8.7 million visitors last year, straining its infrastructure beyond capacity.
- The Louvre museum in Paris was closed on Monday due to a sudden strike by frontline employees, including those responsible for visitor assistance, admissions, and security, protesting poor working conditions.
- Staff protested unmanageable crowds and chronic understaffing, calling working conditions untenable and urgent compared to any long-term renovation plans.
- Thousands of visitors waited in long lines past I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid, some giving up as the museum provided no clear communication or reopening timeline.
- Laurence des Cars, head of the Louvre, highlighted in a leaked memo that the museum’s aging infrastructure is causing leaks and dangerous temperature changes that put both artwork and visitors at risk, while President Macron announced a ten-year "Louvre New Renaissance" renovation initiative to address these issues.
- The strike highlights the Louvre’s struggle to accommodate 8.7 million visitors annually on outdated facilities, signaling broader challenges of global overtourism and urgent need for immediate staff support.
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Their workers denounce the deterioration of the rooms and lack of staff.
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The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, has withstood war, terror and a pandemic – but on Monday its work was halted by its own staff, who say the institution is crumbling under the weight of mass tourism, reports the Associated Press, noting that it was an almost unimaginable sight. Home to the works of Leonardo da Vinci and millennia of civilization’s greatest treasures – it was paralyzed b…
PARIS — The Louvre, the world's most visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty, and resilience, has withstood wars, terrorism, and pandemics, but on Monday it was paralyzed by its own striking staff, who say the…
Louvre forced to shut down amid strike due to overcrowding
On Monday, June 16, the most visited museum in the world, the Louvre museum in Paris, France, experienced an unprecedented interruption. Due to overcrowding far beyond what the museum is designed to accommodate, the museum staff went on strike and the Louvre was forced to shut its doors, leaving impatient visitors dazed and demanding an explanation. The strike was put into effect after one of… Source
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