Louvre gallery where jewellery heist took place to reopen to public
Summary
The Apollo Gallery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, where a major jewelry theft happened in October 2025, will reopen to visitors on Wednesday. The valuable jewels stolen remain missing, and no jewelry will be shown in the gallery as it returns to its original 17th-century role as a state gallery.Key Facts
- The Apollo Gallery was the site of a jewelry heist in October 2025.
- Jewelry worth 88 million euros was stolen from the gallery.
- The gallery will reopen without any jewels on display.
- The gallery will return to its historical use as a state gallery from the 1600s.
- The Louvre plans to build a new secure vault elsewhere in the museum for remaining precious items.
- The theft exposed serious security problems at the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum.
- Following the heist, the Louvre’s president was replaced.
- The museum is visited by about nine million people each year.
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