Campana Gallery is temporarily shut due to weaknesses in beams supporting floor above
The Louvre has temporarily closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building.
The Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms dedicated to ancient Greek ceramics, will be shut while investigations are conducted into “certain beams supporting the floors of the second floor” above it, a statement issued on Monday said.
The announcement has no link to the recent theft at the world’s most visited art gallery but is more unwelcome news for an institution that has faced severe criticism over its security shortcomings.
A four-strong gang raided the Louvre in broad daylight last month, using an extendable ladder and angle grinders and making off with jewellery worth an estimated $102m in front of startled visitors.
