Louvre reopens gallery where 88 million euros worth of jewels were stolen

The Apollo Gallery of the Louvre Museum in Paris, from which jewels worth 88 million euros were stolen, will reopen to the public tomorrow.

The jewels will not be displayed, and the Apollo will return to its 17th-century function as a state gallery, an informed source told AFP today.

"The gallery will open on Wednesday," the source said, confirming a report from the newspaper "Le Parisien" and adding that French Culture Minister Catherine Pegar will be present.

Museum president Christophe Leribo said in an interview with "Le Parisien" that collections and precious objects that were previously on display have been removed, Hina reports.

The robbers were disguised as construction workers.

As a reminder, in October 2025, robbers disguised as construction workers entered the gallery using a truck crane. They stole eight crown jewels, which are still missing. A safe room, a windowless vault, will be created in another part of the museum for the jewelry that was not stolen, Leribo said.

The Louvre break-in exposed major security breaches at the world's most visited museum, which attracts around nine million visitors a year. The theft also sparked an internal crisis at the Louvre, leading to the ouster of president Loren de Carre.

"Security issues at the Louvre have been relegated to the background in recent years," said the parliamentary commission on museum security in France.