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"The only camera monitoring the exterior wall of the Louvre where they broke in was pointing away from the first-floor balcony that led to Gallery of Apollo housing the jewels...The CCTV system outside the Louvre was 'very unsatisfactory'...some areas were simply too old to adapt to modern technologies."

I don't believe for a second the building was too old for #modern #security #technology. It's clear as day that security was NOT a priority. This was purely a human and #management #failure.

100% unacceptable.

bbc.com/news/articles/c9d6e2wv

A forensic worker in white overall, gloves and mask exits the balcony door above a sign saying 'Musee du Louvre galeris des antiques' while another officer takes a photo of the scene, in Paris on 19 October.
www.bbc.comLouvre failed to spot jewel thieves early enough, says museum bossLaurence des Cars said there was only one camera pointing on the gallery which was robbed.
#news#france#paris

The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist. But Laurence des Cars said that a diamond- and emerald-studded crown that the burglars damaged and dropped as they fled on Sunday could be restored. FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade reports.
#France #Louvre #heist #art #museum

youtube.com/watch?v=LZhzdjUFBw8

16yrs ago today we visited miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk and it changed my life

Expecting a quirky stop on our way to #BletchleyPark I didn't think we'd spend so many hours there!

Working phones and exchanges (you could play with everything!) - the room smelled of oil & solder, the volunteers enthusiasm was infectious!

They gave us a flyer for a #telephone collectors club. I was hooked, and soon had my first exchange at home. I've made some amazing friends as a result!

Small #museum, huge impact

miltonkeynesmuseum.org.ukMilton Keynes Museum – Where History Comes to Life

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎵🥣 Earlier this year, 250 white porcelain bowls floated across an 18-meter pool in the Bourse de Commerce rotunda, creating bell-like tones as they bumped into each other. Artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's "clinamen" #installation composed itself without musicians.

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#museum#france#art

@daspotato

"A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the September theft of gold worth more than €1.5 million from the Natural History Museum in Paris, one of several recent break-ins targeting high-profile French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. "
#Paris #Museum #China

rfi.fr/en/france/20251021-chin

RFI · Chinese woman arrested following September gold theft at Paris museumBy RFI