The world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris was closed on Sunday following a robbery, France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati confirmed. Authorities have not yet disclosed details about what was stolen or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sunday theft from the Louvre Museum of eight priceless pieces of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his wife has ...

Paris: A major robbery took place on Sunday at the Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the world's most visited landmarks, prompting authorities to shut the tourist site for the day. France's interior ...

In 1911, an Italian decorator named Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre one day with Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, nonchalantly disappearing into the streets of Paris. There wasn’t much to it: ...

Victoria Coates is a vice president at the Heritage Foundation. The brazen theft of crown jewels from France’s Louvre museum reveals a significant danger to the extraordinary works of art it contains.

When it was stolen in 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting had been missing from the Louvre for more than 24 hours before anybody noticed. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa on view at the Louvre Museum in ...

PARIS — The home of the “Mona Lisa” is getting a new boss. Art historian Christophe Leribault, a veteran museum director, is taking over at the Louvre, shouldering the challenge of getting the world’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view shows the Porte des Lions, the new public entrance to the renovated Denon wing (Aile Denon) at the Louvre Museum in Paris, ...

PARIS (AP) — The home of the “Mona Lisa” is getting a new boss. Art historian Christophe Leribault, a veteran museum director, is taking over at the Louvre, shouldering the challenge of getting the ...

PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Louvre museum's Denon gallery, where its most valuable paintings are displayed, was hit by a water leak on Thursday evening, although the area which houses Leonardo Da ...