On Sunday, October 19th, 2025 four men broke into the Louvre, a world renowned art museum, in Paris, France, and stole 1.3 million worth of historical artifacts from the museum. Since the heists, questions regarding the safety have been raised about the working conditions and safety of the employees in the Louvre. From broken cameras to outdated technology, problems have popped up all over the facilities inside and outside the museum.

Therefore, less than two months after the heist, workers have gone on strike regarding their conditions and security within the museum. As of Monday, December 15th, 2025 workers at the Louvre are officially on strike for the 3rd time in the last twelve years. The French Democratic Confederation of Labour union regarding the treatment of the Louvre workers voted, in a group of 400, for the one day strike to occur.

As a result of the vote, workers forced the Louvre to turn away guests for the entire day and could possibly go on for longer. Strikers were outside the Louvre with flags, signs, and other means with intent to block the entrance of the Louvre from visitors. While this did leave tourists and visitors unhappy, the Louvre has been noted to be much behind in technology regarding safety for such a well known attraction. 

The Louvre is one of the largest art museums in the entire world and holds artifacts dating back 9,000 years; however, the lackluster security precautions has seen the museum be robbed numerous times throughout its history. While in theory it should be incredibly unlikely to see the museum robbed with the high tech means that can assure safety in today’s society, the Louvre has not addressed these concerns and still faces the consequences of being understaffed with poor safety features, but will likely be forced to address the problems as a result of the strike.