The shortlisted firms are Amanda Levete Architects, architecturestudio, Dubuisson Architecture, Sou Fujimoto, and STUDIOS Architecture.

Empress Eugénie’s crown was left lying on the sidewalk after the Louvre Museum heist in October. The museum has now released pictures of the damage.

French authorities were quick to arrest four suspects—but questions remain about shadowy buyers and a potential suspect nicknamed LASER.

The Louvre in Paris said a strike action by staff was forcing it to close on Monday. In recent months, the world's most visited museum has been disrupted by recurring strikes, building maintenance issues and last October's dramatic theft of crown jewels.

France began charging non-EU visitors to the Louvre Museum 45 percent more than Europeans on Wednesday, in a controversial bid to raise money for renovations at the beleaguered Paris landmark. The move is one of the boldest adoptions in Europe of so-called ...

PARIS -- Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft of France's Crown Jewels highlighted in October. In a letter ...

PARIS (AP) — Long lines beneath I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid in Paris have become as much a part of the experience as the “ Mona Lisa ” itself. The museum said the 45% price hike to 32 euros ($37) from 22 euros is part of a national “differentiated ...

The day after the jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris, officials from across Washington’s world-famous museums were already talking, assessing and planning how to bolster their own security. “We went over a review of the incident,” said Doug Beaver ...