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Louvre Details Security Overhaul After Heist With 100 New Cameras and On-Site Police Post

The package answers admitted gaps in exterior surveillance and perimeter protection revealed by October’s crown jewels theft.

Soldiers patrol in the courtyard of the Louvre museum, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
A French CRS riot police officer patrols near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum, after French police arrested suspects in the Louvre heist case, in Paris, France October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor
Laurence des Cars, director of Le Louvre museum, poses before a hearing at the Culture Commission of the National Assembly, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Laurence des Cars, director of Le Louvre museum, gestures before a hearing at the Culture Commission of the National Assembly, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Overview

  • The museum will install 100 external surveillance cameras to achieve full perimeter coverage by the end of 2026.
  • An advanced police station will be set up within the Louvre estate to formalize closer coordination with Paris police.
  • Anti-intrusion systems and anti-vehicle ramming barriers are slated for installation by year’s end, with deployment starting within weeks.
  • The director said thieves used concrete disc cutters to breach cases replaced in 2019, which footage showed resisted but were ultimately penetrated.
  • Four suspects have been charged and the jewels remain missing, as auditors fault spending priorities and the Louvre temporarily closes some offices and a gallery for structural concerns.