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Louvre Museum reopens after heist, as director set to testify to French lawmakers
Meanwhile, the Louvre’s director, Laurence des Cars, is set to make a much-anticipated appearance in front of France’s Senate Culture Committee to answer questions regarding the museum's security and what went wrong on Sunday when nine pieces were swiped from the museum’s Apollo Gallery.

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The Louvre reopens as museum director set to testify before French Senate
Louvre museum reopens 3 days after $100M jewel heist
Reopened Louvre licks its wounds after one of the biggest museum heists of the century
The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world for its audaci...

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The Louvre reopens 3 days after thieves took French crown jewels in daylight heist
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Finding the jewels and the brazen thieves in the Louvre heist is now a race against time
Louvre heist timeline: Four thieves, $102 million in jewelry, in 7 minutes
In their hasty escape, the robbers dropped one of the stolen pieces of jewelry – the crown of Empress Eugénie, which was adorned with over a thousand diamonds.

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Jewels Stolen from Louvre in Shocking Heist Worth More Than $100 Million: Prosecutor
Louvre heist losses estimated at 88 million euros
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Louvre reopens after latest in slew of spectacular thefts in France

The Louvre in Paris is open again, days after the spectacular robbery at the world-renowned museum, the latest in a series of robberies that has left visitors puzzling over empty cabinets and police in search of clues.

Louvre robbery latest chapter in high-profile museum heist history: 5 famous capers

Museum heists, particularly ones involving historic and valuable items, have shocked the world and inspired mystery and suspicion for more than a century.

Louvre heist adds to history of high-profile museum breaches, leaves other galleries on edge

Museum security concerns rise after the latest Louvre robbery, as experts recall other major art thefts, including the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's still-unsolved heist from 1990.
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She Was The Last Empress Of France And Her Crown Was Stolen From The Louvre Museum

At the Louvre Museum in France, daring thieves stole nine pieces of jewelry during the day. The pieces were from the Apollo Gallery, which holds the French Crown Jewels. One of the stolen artifacts was Empress Eugénie’s crown.

Historic jewels stolen in ‘national disaster’ for France: What we know about missing Louvre treasures

The precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum on Sunday include an emerald necklace gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other priceless crown jewels.

How Louvre burglars obtained truck-mounted furniture lift to make off with jewels worth more than $100M

Thieves used a stolen truck-mounted moving lift to scale the Louvre and steal royal jewels worth over $100 million in a lightning-fast Paris heist.

A daylight heist and a national 'humiliation': How 7 minutes at the Louvre stunned France

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.

Louvre robbery leaves Paris' iconic museum shuttered for a second day

The Louvre museum was hit by a brazen daytime jewel heist, forcing the Paris institution to close its doors for a second day in a row.
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