Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Mona Lisa' had been missing for more than 24 hours before anybody at the Louvre even noticed.

PARIS (AP) — The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty crown jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame. One ...

Many stolen treasures from the Paris museum have never been recovered. The Sunday theft from the Louvre Museum of eight priceless pieces of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his wife has ...

Weekends are a popular time for tourists to visit museums. The Louvre also happens to be the most popular museum on earth. To pull off a heist at the world’s busiest museum is no easy feat, but doing ...

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects. People gather around the Mona Lisa painting in ...

The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame. One week on, the ...