Feb 04 Louvre museum reopens; Egypt identifies machete attacker By Thomas Adamson and Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press The Louvre Museum reopened to the public Saturday, less than 24 hours after a machete-wielding assailant shouting "Allahu akbar!" attacked French soldiers guarding the sprawling building and was shot by them. Continue reading
Jun 04 Louvre shuttered to protect art as historic flooding begins to recede By Michael D. Regan The famed Louvre in Paris has been temporarily shut down as employees on Friday rushed to relocate thousands of pieces of art from the museum’s basement vaults after a week of rain caused flooding across Europe. Continue reading
Mar 28 Flock of sheep aid French farmers’ protest at Louvre By Lorna Baldwin Video via euronews Twelve sheep and a sheepdog walk into the Louvre. If it sounds like the beginning of a joke, it's not. In Paris Friday, French farmers protesting European Union agricultural policy herded a flock of sheep down… Continue reading