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The new director of the Louvre Museum has expressed concerns that the institution is "running out of steam" and struggling to update its aging facilities. He warned that the museum is at the limit of its capacity.
The director of the Louvre Museum has resigned following a jewel heist that occurred in October.
Laurence des Carrs, the director of the Louvre museum, has submitted her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who called it 'an act of responsibility,' following a high-profile heist.
Art historian Christophe Leribault, an experienced museum manager, is expected to take over the management of the Louvre.
The Louvre Museum’s director resigned on Tuesday, ending months of questions in France’s cultural world over why no top official had stepped down after the October crown jewels theft. Laurence des Cars’ departure closed a bruising chapter for the world’s biggest museum. It came as the Louvre faces a widening narrative of an institution spiralling out of control. In the last year alone, the museum has endured the high-profile jewel theft from the Apollo Gallery, water leaks that damaged pricel...
Laurence des Carrs, the director of the Louvre museum, has resigned, an act President Emmanuel Macron described as 'an act of responsibility,' coming months after a significant heist at the museum.
PARIS (AP) -- The Louvre Museum's director resigned Tuesday after months of pressure following the October theft of the French crown jewels, as the world's most visited museum faced widening scrutiny over security failures, labor unrest and a suspected ticket fraud scheme. Laurence des Cars quit after a punishing year for the former royal palace -- the high-profile jewels heist from the Apollo Gallery, a mid-February burst pipe near the "Mona Lisa," water leaks damaging priceless books, staff wa
Louvre director Laurence des Cars has resigned following the theft of $102 million in crown jewels, a decision praised by President Macron as an 'act of responsibility.'