Museum staff hold a banner which reads "Louvre on Strike" outside an entrance to the Louvre as workers voted to go on strike against increasingly deteriorating working conditions and the declining visitor experience at the world famous museum, in Paris on December 15, 2025. Hundreds of tourists lined up outside the Louvre Museum on December 17, 2025 as its opening was delayed while unions voted on continuing a strike over working conditions at the Paris landmark. The world's most visited museum had closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on December 15 after workers went on strike and protested outside the entrance.