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Louvre Apollo Gallery Reopens After $102 Million Crown Jewels Theft
The public can tour the majestic room and view its gilded ceilings and Greek frescoes en route to the nearby Mona Lisa, but they won't see any crown jewels or empty display cases.
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Stolen Louvre Jewels Valued At Over $100 Million, Museum Director Summoned
The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris was valued at more than $100 million, a French prosecutor said Tuesday, as the museum's director faces security questions from a Senate committee over the brazen weekend heist.
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2 Women Make "MeToo" Graffiti On Nude Painting At Paris Museum, Case Filed
A top French museum has filed a police complaint after two women spray-painted a famous 19th-century painting by Gustave Courbet which it had loaned to another gallery, official said Friday.
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Paris Floods: Seine Surges To Highest Level In 30 Years, Museums Shut
Paris' Louvre and Orsay museums shut their doors in a race to move art treasures from their basements, as the River Seine today neared its highest level in more than three decades.
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Paris Museums Close Doors As Seine Peaks
Paris' Louvre and Orsay museums shut on Friday to remove art treasures from their basements as the swollen River Seine neared its highest level in three decades.
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Paris-Area Museums to Reopen Monday Afternoon: Ministry
Public museums and other cultural venues in the Paris area will reopen Monday afternoon, three days after the terror attacks in the French capital, the culture ministry said.
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Fire in Paris at One of Europe's Biggest Science Museums
Scores of firefighters on Thursday fought a blaze at Paris' Cite des Sciences, one of the biggest science museums in Europe, the fire brigade said.
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Louvre Apollo Gallery Reopens After $102 Million Crown Jewels Theft
The public can tour the majestic room and view its gilded ceilings and Greek frescoes en route to the nearby Mona Lisa, but they won't see any crown jewels or empty display cases.
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Stolen Louvre Jewels Valued At Over $100 Million, Museum Director Summoned
The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris was valued at more than $100 million, a French prosecutor said Tuesday, as the museum's director faces security questions from a Senate committee over the brazen weekend heist.
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2 Women Make "MeToo" Graffiti On Nude Painting At Paris Museum, Case Filed
A top French museum has filed a police complaint after two women spray-painted a famous 19th-century painting by Gustave Courbet which it had loaned to another gallery, official said Friday.
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Paris Floods: Seine Surges To Highest Level In 30 Years, Museums Shut
Paris' Louvre and Orsay museums shut their doors in a race to move art treasures from their basements, as the River Seine today neared its highest level in more than three decades.
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Paris Museums Close Doors As Seine Peaks
Paris' Louvre and Orsay museums shut on Friday to remove art treasures from their basements as the swollen River Seine neared its highest level in three decades.
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Paris-Area Museums to Reopen Monday Afternoon: Ministry
Public museums and other cultural venues in the Paris area will reopen Monday afternoon, three days after the terror attacks in the French capital, the culture ministry said.
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Fire in Paris at One of Europe's Biggest Science Museums
Scores of firefighters on Thursday fought a blaze at Paris' Cite des Sciences, one of the biggest science museums in Europe, the fire brigade said.
