Overview
- The report, released Thursday, finds the museum favored acquisitions and gallery makeovers over core safeguards, with only 39% of rooms covered by modern cameras in 2024.
- Auditors estimate roughly €95 million is needed to modernize security, noting just about €3–3.5 million was spent on it between 2018 and 2024.
- Recommendations call for governance and budget changes, including ending the rule that earmarks 20% of ticket revenue for acquisitions so funds can go to urgent security and infrastructure.
- Authorities outlined near-term defenses such as anti-intrusion and anti-ram barriers outside the museum by year’s end, and the board will meet in an emergency session on Friday.
- The criminal investigation continues with four suspects jailed, DNA linking at least one to items at the scene, a partial admission reported by prosecutors, and the stolen crown jewels still unrecovered.