Louvre Employee Describes Lingering Tension Months After Jewelry Theft

Paris - 13.07.2026: The morning of October 19, 2025, is etched in the memory of many Louvre employees. While visitors were walking through the museum, perpetrators entered the Galerie d'Apollon and stole pieces of jewelry from the French crown jewels collection. A security employee, referred to by Franceinfo as Sophie, now describes, months later, how closely the experience continues to bind her colleagues together.This is not an account of spectacular chases, but of the minutes afterward: alarm, uncertainty, protecting visitors, and the question of what had just happened. For people ...