Overview
- The Campana Gallery’s nine rooms of ancient Greek ceramics were closed to visitors after a report identified weakness in beams beneath second-floor offices in the Sully wing.
- Engineering specialists are inspecting the structure, and about 65 employees who worked above the gallery have been relocated.
- The museum said the closure is precautionary and unrelated to the October jewel theft estimated at $102 million.
- The Louvre said the affected 1930s-era structures are in a “dire state,” and the gallery sits next to the Apollo Gallery that holds France’s crown jewels.
- Louvre director Laurence des Cars had warned earlier this year about deteriorating conditions, and audits criticized delayed upgrades, with the Sully wing already slated for renovation under a government plan.