Overview
- The museum remained closed Monday due to a staff-led strike that began in mid-December.
- Between 300 and 350 employees voted to continue the strike at a morning general assembly, according to CFDT and CGT.
- Workers list chronic understaffing, the museum’s deteriorating condition and higher prices for non‑European visitors as core grievances.
- Negotiations with the Culture Ministry and museum management have not yielded concessions unions consider sufficient.
- Director Laurence des Cars has proposed installing 100 cameras by the end of 2026 following scrutiny from an October jewel theft and a damaging water leak.