The crown belonging to Empress Eugénie was found on the sidewalk after robbers made away with eight pieces of royal jewelry in October. Officials estimate that the repair will cost nearly $50,000

The Paris prosecutor’s office said a network involving museum employees and tour guides had been operating for a decade.

Kim Pham, the Louvre's general administrator, told the Associated Press that the museum's unique scale makes it particularly vulnerable. However, pressed to name other institutions with similar problems,

Visitors may have passed through the Louvre's glass pyramid with valid tickets—but, prosecutors say, many of those tickets were being swiped again and again. French authorities have charged nine people,

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