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Louvre strike highlights Paris museum’s overtourism issue as staff decry ‘physical ordeal’
A strike on June 16 that left visitors waiting outside the Mona Lisa’s home shows change is needed more urgently than Macron ...
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Paris’ Louvre Museum Shuts Down: Should Filipinos Rethink Their Itinerary
It’s not every day that the Louvre Museum, the world’s most visited museum and a symbol of French art and history, suddenly ...
Louvre museum in Paris closes amid staff protest over crowds of tourists
The Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa and other iconic works of art in Paris, closed abruptly Monday as the museum's staff staged ...
Paris' Louvre Museum temporarily closes after staff strike
The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, was closed for a few hours on June 16 after an impromptu staff strike.
The world’s most-visited museum shuts down, sounding the alarm on overtourism
The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered most of ...
The Louvre, plagued by overtourism, shuts its doors to visitors as workers strike
The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war but by its own exhausted staff, who say the institution in Paris is ...
Lines stretch outside the Louvre in Paris as opening delayed for emergency meeting
The Louvre Museum delayed its opening on Monday, with staff citing an 'emergency meeting' of senior officials about a subject they did not disclose.