A Year After Louvre’s Crown Jewels Heist, France Protests Force Museum To Shut Its Doors

File photo of Louvre Museum. (Image: Canva)

Visitors hoping to see the Mona Lisa on Monday morning found the doors of the Louvre closed to them. Protesters blocked the entrances to the Paris museum, the most visited in the world, as anger over rising prices continued to grip France after a weekend of some of the worst street violence the country has seen in years.

Museum management and unions said the action was led by students from the Ecole du Louvre. The school is a higher education institution that teaches art history and archaeology. The students said they wanted to back the school protests happening across France and speak out against the way police have used force. A leaflet posted outside the museum declared with pride that the students were blocking the world's largest museum.

Louvre museum shuts on Monday as protestors block doors. (Image: AP)

The group chanted, played music from a speaker and waved the flag of the CGT, a trade union that represents some Louvre staff. One banner, written in English, said that French public services were falling apart. The timing added extra weight to the protest. Monday marked exactly one year since the theft of the…

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