The Empress Eugénie's crown is exhibited at the Louvre Museum on April 27, 2025 in Paris, France. The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris was shut on Oct. 19 after several pieces of invaluable jewelry were stolen in a brazen robbery. Zhang Weiguo/VCG via Getty Images

The Louvre Museum robbery of priceless jewelry may prompt museums worldwide to review their security programs and protocols, according to experts.

The theft occurred with visitors already inside, and was among the highest-profile museum thefts in living memory.

Thieves used a truck-mounted furniture elevator to reach the gallery housing the artifacts at the Paris museum and then fled on motorcycles, officials say.

French police are hunting the gang of thieves who escaped with priceless jewels after an audacious daylight heist at the world-famous Louvre museum. The Paris landmark remains closed after multiple, priceless Napoleonic era jewels,

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

The Louvre museum remained closed on Monday after thieves carried out a daring daylight robbery, stealing eight priceless jewels from the Galerie d’Apollon, which houses the French crown jewels. Authorities have launched a manhunt and recovered one 19th-century crown belonging to Empress Eugenie.

A daring daylight heist at Paris’s Louvre Museum saw thieves steal priceless jewels, forcing the museum to close as police investigate.