The brazen robbery on Sunday has put a spotlight on security protocols in the sprawling museum, which have been tested over the years by break-ins and thefts.

From a security point of view, there are five key ideas that can help us understand what the flaws were in the Louvre, as well as how, and why, criminals target museums. Although there is no doubt that cybersecurity is a major threat to cultural institutions – with risks ranging from unauthorised access to digitised catalogues to sabotaging surveillance and alarm systems – we cannot downplay the essential role of physical security.

French and American conservatives have made Sunday’s daylight Louvre heist the site of a battle in the culture wars upon learning the museum’s security head is a woman. After thieves executed a surprisingly simple heist to rob the museum of jewels that belonged to Napoleon’s family,

One day after the daring, 10-minute Louvre heist in which thieves made off with priceless jewelry, officials have released an update regarding the motive.

In that sense, the Louvre heist wasn’t really art crime, Vernon Rapley, a former leader of the London police force’s art squad, told my colleague Alex Marshall. It was “commodity theft.”

What we know about the Louvre jewel heist, plus a look at thefts from museums in the Philly area over the years.

Laurence des Cars is speaking for the first time since a gang of masked thieves - who remain at large - carried out Sunday's robbery.

If they'd pulled their Louvre heist two centuries ago, the thieves might have tripped over the artist of a painting that hangs in the RISD Museum.

The world was shocked to learn of the brazen daytime burglary at the venerated Paris institution, but art experts told the Daily Beast why they could have predicted it.

Officials say suspects used a truck-mounted basket lift and power tools to carry out the brazen Sunday morning theft at the world’s most-visited museum.