Louvre Director Acknowledges Failure After Jewel Heist and Says She Offered to Resign

Director offers to resign after brazen daylight theft exposes major security lapses

xParis: The director of the Louvre Museum on Wednesday acknowledged a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris monument after a stunning daylight crown jewel heist at the world's most-visited museum, and said she offered to resign but it was refused.

The Louvre reopened earlier in the day to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid for the first time since one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.

In testimony to the French Senate, Louvre director Laurence des Cars said the museum had a damaging shortage of security cameras outside the monument and other ″weaknesses″ exposed by Sunday’s theft.

Under heavy pressure over a theft that stained