
Louvre Director Resigns, President of Versailles Palace To Be Appointed New Head
President Emmanuel Macron accepted the second resignation letter of Laurence des Cars, now former head of the Louvre museum.

President Emmanuel Macron accepted the second resignation letter of Laurence des Cars, now former head of the Louvre museum.

The water leak incident has intensified pressure on the museum to implement long-delayed renovation plans, which officials hope to fund partly through a sharp ticket price increase.

The stolen imperial jewels—including Napoleonic-era pieces—are still missing: belatedly, museum security improvements are underway.

The theft of valuable jewelry from Paris’ famous museum prompted officials to announce plans for a complete overhaul of its security system.

The windows of the Louvre don’t close, the computers are buggy, the cameras are broken, but nobody is resigning over this fiasco.

The whereabouts of the stolen jewelry, worth €88 million, remain unknown.

Officials say 60 investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and highway cameras as the hunt for the missing artifacts and the robbers continues.