The Louvre Shuts Down as Gallery Workers Strike to Protest Overtourism, Understaffing

The Paris museum, home to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, welcomed nearly 9 million visitors in 2024.
The Louvre Shuts Down as Gallery Workers Strike to Protest Overtourism, Understaffing
The glass pyramid and the Louvre Museum in Paris. Dreamstime/TNS
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Thousands of tourists were left stranded in unmoving lines outside the Louvre museum in Paris on Monday after it failed to open on time due to a labor strike.

Gallery workers, including attendants, ticket agents, and security personnel, refused to take their work stations during a routine internal meeting at the start of the week to protest unmanageable crowds and chronic understaffing.

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