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Louvre museum in Paris shuts gallery over structural safety fears

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, 26 October 2025. REUTERS - Abdul Saboor

The Louvre Museum has announced that it has closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building. This is a further setback for the renowned institution which came under the spotlight last month after a daring jewellery heist.

The Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms dedicated to ancient Greek ceramics, will be closed while investigations are conducted into "certain beams supporting the floors of the second floor" above it, a statement said.

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