Thousands of museum visitors were left stranded outside the Louvre after it was brought to a halt by the gallery's own striking staff, who say the institution is crumbling under the weight of mass tourism.
Footage circulating on social platform X shows swarms of frustrated and confused visitors, tickets in hand, lingering outside the Parisian museum, after its staff called strikes on Monday, forcing the gallery to close.
Other images showed tourists waiting in line outside the museum's iconic glass pyramid after it failed to open.
One video filmed by a woman waiting outside shows irritated tourists in a static queue sitting on the floor outside the gallery.
'I waited for three hours and peaced out', the clip's caption says.
