Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre reopens - but the display cases remain empty

Paris - 22 July 2026: The first visitors are once again walking beneath the magnificent ceiling of the Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre. But the room looks different from before: no display cases, no jewelry, no Crown Jewels draw the eye. Nine months after the break-in of 19 October 2025, the gallery reopened to the public on Wednesday - as a historic hall, not as a treasure chamber.The theft had shaken France far beyond the museum world. Pieces from the French Crown Jewels had been on display in the gallery ...