A severe heatwave in France has forced some of Paris’s most popular tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum, to shorten operating hours as temperatures soar across the country.

The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in Paris closed early for visitors on Tuesday in response to France's historic heatwave, as weather service Météo France raised its heat warning to red alert in 58

The heatwave in Paris and Île-de-France is forcing several cultural and tourist sites to adapt how they operate. The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Expiatory Chapel, the Palais de Tokyo, or Disneyland Paris: closures and hours are changing in response to the intense heat.

The new head of France's Louvre Museum warned Wednesday that the world's most visited museum is "at breaking point" due to aging infrastructure and mounting investment needs. "We can say it without ambiguity ... the Louvre is at breaking point,” Christophe Leribault told the French Senate's Culture Committee.

The world's largest museum is having a hard time securing investments to upgrade its decaying infrastructure, the Louvre's new director Christophe Leribault told a Senate committee Wednesday. The museum has been hit by a series of public scandals including a water leak,

Only around four months after taking office, the new head of the iconic Louvre museum in Paris says the venerable institution is at the end of its rope and needs massive investments. In testimony

Despite its imposing majesty, despite the daily commitment of its staff, the Louvre is running out of steam,' Christophe Leribault told a Sénat committee. 'Its equipment and infrastructure are reaching the end of their life cycle.

The exhibition Louvre Photo, running from November 4, 2026 to May 3, 2027, highlights the museum's distinctive role in the history and art of photography. More than 300 photographs are gathered to trace this unique story, in a route that brings together works from the 1820s to the present day.

The Louvre museum is struggling to find funding to upgrade its ageing facilities, its new director said Wednesday, following a litany of problems that included a brazen $100-million jewellery heist. Home to iconic pieces of art including Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa",

The president of the Louvre Museum, Christophe Leribault, has stated that the world’s most visited museum is facing an urgent need for major renovation and modernization.