Overview
- The museum opened about three hours late with limited access, keeping its masterpieces route available while other areas remained closed.
- Roughly 350 workers across roles voted unanimously to continue the action, according to CFDT and CGT unions.
- Employees demand more hires, higher wages and better management, and they oppose a planned rise to €32 for non-EEA adult tickets from €22, with reports differing on whether it takes effect January 14 or October 14.
- The Louvre reported 9 million visitors in 2025, up from 8.7 million in 2024, with 73% from abroad and significant use of free-admission categories.
- The strike follows a difficult stretch that includes an unresolved October jewelry theft worth about $102 million and infrastructure issues such as the Campana Gallery closure and water damage to Egyptian antiquities library materials.