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Louvre Enhances Security Amid Rising Visitor Numbers

11/20/2025

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The Louvre Museum will install 100 surveillance cameras by the end of next year and anti-intrusion systems within two weeks, following a crown jewels heist.
The Louvre has limited daily visitors to 30,000 due to mass tourism, with this year's visitors exceeding 8 million.
Laurence Des Cars, the Louvre Museum director, described modernization as part of the decade-long "Louvre New Renaissance" plan, estimated to cost up to 800 million euros.

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The Louvre Museum will install 100 surveillance cameras by the end of next year and anti-intrusion systems within two weeks, following a crown jewels heist.
The Louvre has limited daily visitors to 30,000 due to mass tourism, with this year's visitors exceeding 8 million.
Laurence Des Cars, the Louvre Museum director, described modernization as part of the decade-long "Louvre New Renaissance" plan, estimated to cost up to 800 million euros.