The Louvre has reopened, three days after "priceless" pieces from the French crown jewels were stolen by thieves in an audacious daytime raid.

Crowds - hundreds deep - waited outside the Paris museum's famous glass pyramid entrance and bunched at the barriers as they were being removed on Wednesday morning.

The Apollo Room, the scene of Sunday's robbery, was still closed to visitors, with a folding screen closing off the doorway at the gallery's entrance.

The Paris landmark, the world's most-visited museum, is normally closed on Tuesdays and has been shut since the heist for investigation.

Image: The museum reopened on Wednesday. Pic: AP

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