The Louvre in Paris has been closed after it was robbed this morning

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In a brazen, seven-minute strike, thieves used a basket lift to reach the Louvre on Sunday morning and, as tourists were already inside, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with jewels of “inestimable value,” France’s interior minister said.

The world’s most visited museum closed for the day as police sealed gates and ushered visitors out during the investigation.

“A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum,” Culture Minister Rachida Dati wrote on X. The museum cited “exceptional reasons” for the closure. No injuries were reported.

Around 9:30 a.m. several intruders forced open a window, stole jewels from vitrines and escaped on two-wheelers, according to the Interior Ministry. It said forensic work is underway and a precise inventory of the stolen objects is being compiled, adding that the items have “inestimable” historical value. Dati and Nuñez were on site with museum leadership.

Video from the scene showed confused tourists being ushered out of the glass pyramid and surrounding courtyards as officers shut the iron gates and closed nearby streets along the Seine.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called it a “major robbery,” saying the intruders entered from the outside using a basket lift. He said on France Inter radio that the heist took seven minutes and the thieves used a disc cutter to slice through the panes. He said it was “manifestly a team that had done scouting.”

The heist occurred in the Galerie d’Apollon, a vaulted hall in the Denon wing that displays part of the French Crown Jewels beneath a ceiling painted by King Louis XIV’s court artist, according to the ministry.

French daily Le Parisien reported the thieves entered via the Seine-facing facade, where construction is underway, and used a freight elevator to reach the gallery. After breaking windows, they reportedly took nine pieces from the jewelry collection of Napoleon and the Empress. One stolen jewel was later found outside the museum, the paper reported, adding that the item was believed to be Empress Eugénie’s crown and that it had been broken.

https://apnews.com/article/france-louvre-museum-robbery-a3687f330a43e0aaff68c732c4b2585b
 

 

 

Edited October 19, 2025 by Teletubby

[Scri 990]

Here is the first image of the culprit captured by the museum's internal surveillance system. Please, be sure to share it to help the Gendarmerie.

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Not good.

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That's crazy, the security been slacking. But since it's an art archive, the robber won't sell ot to random people. There gotta be black market with rich clients for these, and they should start the investigation there imho

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16 minutes ago, Scri said:

Here is the first image of the culprit captured by the museum's internal surveillance system. Please, be sure to share it to help the Gendarmerie.

I heard the suspect said if she could fix the broken pieces,
then she'd have a happy mistake 

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They robbed them first 

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Sad! but also girl you're the #1 museum in the world, it shouldn't be so easy for them

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The cynic in me thinks this is a deliberate distraction from the political crisis in France.

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2 hours ago, Scri said:

Here is the first image of the culprit captured by the museum's internal surveillance system. Please, be sure to share it to help the Gendarmerie.

There’s always a Joker. 

 

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“The investigation has begun, and a detailed list of the stolen items is being compiled. Beyond their market value, these items have priceless heritage and historical value,”

It has been reported the jewels once belonged to French military leader and statesman Napoleon and his wife Josephine Bonaparte.

It has been reported that the Crown of Empress Eugenie has been found in a damaged condition, but other pieces which include a Diadem, likely Empress Eugénie’s Pearl Tiara, a Necklace and a Brooch, either the French Crown Pearl Brooch or Empress Eugénie’s Diamond Bow Brooch, remain missing.

https://royalwatcherblog.com/2025/10/19/french-crown-jewels-stolen-from-the-louvre/#google_vignette

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3 hours ago, RAMROD said:

That's crazy, the security been slacking. But since it's an art archive, the robber won't sell ot to random people. There gotta be black market with rich clients for these, and they should start the investigation there imho

I’m afraid these pieces have already been broken apart. That’s usually what happens when jewelry’s stolen. Easier to sell quickly and harder to track.

Edited October 19, 2025 by elijahfan

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1 minute ago, elijahfan said:

I’m afraid these pieces have already been broken apart. That’s usually what happens when jewelry’s stolen.

Yeah, this kinda reminds me with that Ocean's 8 Movie

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So the Mission Impossible movies are still filming... 

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Just in time for the release of the Harlequin Live Special 

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28 minutes ago, elijahfan said:

I’m afraid these pieces have already been broken apart. That’s usually what happens when jewelry’s stolen. Easier to sell quickly and harder to track.

Yeah but if you're gonna sell raw/broken gems and melted down metal why not knock over some random jewel store? Why target THE biggest museum in the world  

The historical significance has to be part of the asking price imo and that would mean keeping pieces intact. That crown was found damaged, they might have even ditched it because of that.

Idk just makes more sense to me