The Louvre reopens three days after thieves took French crown jewels in a daylight heist at the Paris museum

By THOMAS ADAMSON, Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world for its audacity and scale.

The thieves slipped in and out of the world’s most visited museum — making off with eight pieces from France’s Crown Jewels — a cultural wound that some officials compared to the burning of Notre-Dame cathedral in 2019.

The Sunday raid — steps from the Mona Lisa and valued at more than $100 million — has put embattled President Emmanuel Macron and Louvre chief Laurence des Cars under fresh scrutiny. It comes just months after a staff strike warned of chronic understaffing and under-resourced protections, with too few eyes