Thieves Break Into the Louvre's Apollo Gallery and Steal Eight Pieces of the French Crown Jewels
On October 19, 2025, in Paris, France, thieves broke into the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre Museum and stole eight pieces of the French Crown Jewels. France's Ministry of Culture issued a statement the same day setting out what happened and listing the stolen objects.
The Apollo Gallery houses the royal gem collection and the Crown diamonds. The ministry said two high-security display cases were targeted and eight objects of inestimable heritage value were taken: the tiara, the necklace and a single earring from the sapphire set of Queen Marie-Amélie and Queen Hortense; the emerald necklace and a pair of emerald earrings from the set of the Empress Marie Louise; a reliquary brooch; the tiara of the Empress Eugénie; and the Empress Eugénie's large corsage-bow brooch.
The ministry said the alarms on the gallery's exterior window and on the two display cases were triggered. Louvre staff responded with professionalism and speed, and the thieves were put to flight, leaving behind their equipment and one of the stolen objects, the Crown of the Empress Eugénie, whose condition was being examined. No one was injured, among either the public or the staff, the ministry said.
The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation into organised gang theft and criminal association, entrusted to the Brigade de répression du banditisme. The ministry also noted that the Louvre's New Renaissance project, announced by the President of the Republic in January, includes a new security master plan that has begun to be deployed.
(Source: French Ministry of Culture)
Source: French Ministry of Culture
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Photo: 图：卢浮宫阿波罗画廊内景，失窃案发生地。CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Inside the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre, where the theft took place. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
