France's Louvre Museum 'Running Out of Steam', New Director Says
Christophe Leribault says repeated strikes, a €10 million ticket fraud scheme and security failures are straining the world’s most visited museum.
- On Wednesday, Louvre Director Christophe Leribault told a Senate committee the museum is "running out of steam," warning that equipment and infrastructure are reaching the end of their life cycle.
- Repeated strikes, a water leak, and a $100 million jewellery heist have plagued the museum, while a ticket fraud scheme costing €10 million exposed security failings that forced his predecessor to step down.
- The French Court of Auditors estimates necessary upgrades will cost €1.15 billion, as Leribault noted "building-related emergencies are piling up" and the museum faces "a wall in terms of investments."
- Last year, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a sweeping overhaul to address infrastructure needs, with the project expected to cost between €700 million and €800 million.
- Under the proposed plan, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece will become independently accessible from the rest of the museum, with the Mona Lisa attracting around 20,000 visitors daily and featuring a separate ticket.
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The fact that the Louvre in Paris has a need for renovation and security gaps has been clear since the Crown Jewels were robbed in October. Now the new president, Christophe Leribault, described the situation in front of a parliamentary committee. He sees the largest museum in the world literally "at the end of his powers".
Christophe Leribault, who took the helm of the Louvre Museum last February after Laurence des Cars resigned, warned in front of a French Senate commission that the venue is "on the edge." "We can say it bluntly: despite its imposing majesty, despite the daily commitment of its teams, it is an Louvre on the edge," Leribault told legislators. "Your teams, your infrastructures are coming to the end of a cycle." In crisis since the theft of a valuab…
The new director informed the French Senate this morning that the museum is struggling with outdated equipment and infrastructure.
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Louvre Museum 'running out of steam', says new director
“Despite its imposing majesty, despite the daily commitment of its staff, the Louvre is running out of steam,” Christophe Leribault told a Senate committee. “Its equipment and infrastructure are reaching the end of their life cycle.” Leribault, an art historian and museum director specialising in 18th-century art, took the helm in February after his predecessor stepped down following an embarrassing daylight theft of imperial jewels in October t…
The Luru Museum, in full crisis after the October show robbery, is "at the end of its powers," and faces "a wall in terms of the investments needed to renew its old equipment," said its president, Christophe Leribault, according to AFP on Wednesday. "We can say, without loopholes: despite its imposing greatness, despite the daily commitment of the teams ...
The institution faces "a wall of investments" necessary to renovate its aging equipment.
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