The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and now the Louvre’s royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists

The world’s largest art museum, the Louvre has approximately half a million objects in its collection, with about 30,000 on display, and sees on average 8 million visitors per year. That’s big on any ...

A history of heists at the Louvre: From the Mona Lisa to Napoleon's jewels

From the Mona Lisa to the jewels of Napoleon, the Louvre has experienced over a century of high-profile heists.
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This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful ...

Other Brazen Art Heists Like the Louvre Jewelry Theft

On Sunday, art thieves entered the Apollo Gallery at the Louvre in Paris and left with eight items of jewelry said to be of ...
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Louvre remains closed one day after jewel heist

PARIS – The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world’s most-visited museum in a ...