According to the Guardian; The Louvre Museum in Paris announced on Monday that it had temporarily closed one of its galleries as a precautionary measure due to the discovery of “structural weaknesses” in part of the building. This incide is another blow to the reputation of this famous cultural institution, which recely faced severe criticism due to a major theft.
A stateme issued on 26 Aban 1404 (17 November 2025) confirmed that the Campana Gallery, which coains nine rooms dedicated to ancie Greek ceramics, will remain closed uil technical investigations are completed on “specific beams that support the second floor floor”.
This gallery is located on the first floor of the Soli wing, and the space above it is used as administrative offices.
The museum has announced that the 65 employees who were working in the departme have been relocated pending further investigations. The decision is not related to last moh’s theft, but it is another piece of bad news for a museum that has been struggling with security and infrastructure challenges.
This new crisis confirms the previous warnings of the museum director. In an iernal memo last January, Louvre preside Laurence de Carre warned of “extensive damage to the museum’s spaces, some of which are in very poor condition.” He noted that some areas “are no longer waterproof, and others experience significa temperature changes that jeopardize the preservation of artworks.”
The Louvre, which hosted 8.7 million visitors in 2024, now faces not only the challenge of restoring its security after the theft of $102 million in jewels, but also the urge task of addressing the deterioration of the building that houses the irreplaceable treasures of art history.
