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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A shocking daylight robbery has shaken Paris.Three masked thieves disguised as construction workers stormed the Louvre Museum ...

A daylight heist and a national 'humiliation': How 7 minutes at the Louvre stunned France

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from ...

A look at museum thefts, from Montreal to Oslo, after another Louvre heist in Paris

In 1972, armed robbers took advantage of building repair work to slip into the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts via a skylight ...

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 ...
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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 ...

The Story Behind the Priceless Pieces Targeted in the Louvre Heist

Paris’s Louvre Museum has always been a cultural touchstone, but a seven-minute raid on the centuries-old art institution ...