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After months of scandal and scrutiny, the Louvre is preparing for new leadership as France moves to restore confidence in its most visited museum, as the museum president resigns.

Laurence des Cars steps down days after parliamentary inquiry called Paris museum a ‘state within a state’

The French police arrested two suspects linked to the daytime Louvre heist.

At a Senate hearing, Louvre director Laurence des Cars detailed failures in the Paris museum's security and also confirmed that she had offered to resign but the move was rejected by Culture Minister Rachida Dati.

Louvre Museum director Laurence des Cars has admitted a "terrible failure" after thieves cut through a window and stole jewellery worth nearly €90 million. She said she takes responsibility for weaknesses in security that allowed the gang to strike on Sunday morning.

The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist.

Laurence des Cars questioned by senators about daring daytime break-in at Paris museum

The Louvre reopened to visitors on Wednesday, three days after thieves pulled off a spectacular jewel heist worth €88 million.

Museum will undergo renovation that will see creation of a grand new entrance and underground gallery rooms