The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, abruptly closed on Sunday following a break-in at its Apollo Gallery—the home of France’s crown jewels—in a bold daylight robbery that saw priceless Napoleonic treasures stolen.

The Louvre Museum in Paris was burglarized on Sunday, October 19, 2025. Several imperial jewels were stolen from the Apollo Gallery, resulting in the museum's exceptional closure on Sunday and Monday, October 20.

The Louvre in Paris, France, is to remain closed on October 20th following a heist which the justice minister has claimed gives France "a terrible image".

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The rising water level of the Seine has resulted in the Musée du Louvre closing the lower level of its department of Islamic Arts until Sunday (28 January) as a “preventive measure” from flood damage, according to a spokeswoman for the museum.