Louvre December strike adds to post-heist woes: How the museum's bad year stacks up
The Louvre faced major infrastructure failures, damaged collections, labor unrest, and mounting operational crises exacerbated by aging facilities and overtourism in 2025.
Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says
A late-November valve accident in the Louvre's heating and ventilation system damaged 300 to 400 Egyptology journals and scientific documents, with no unique heritage artefacts lost.