Louvre Museum access blocked due to student protest

Protesters and students from art and culture schools block the entrance to the Louvre Museum during a protest — Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor

According to the management of the museum, which is the most visited in the world, it did not open at the scheduled time, at 9 am - 4 am in Brasília - due to the protest, which was organized by students from the Louvre School.

In a pamphlet distributed in the area, students claim to support "the fight for the right to study, to work, to live freely in good conditions":

The date chosen by the group corresponds to the first anniversary of the jewelry theft at the museum, which left the institution in a deep crisis.

Located inside the museum, the Louvre School is a Higher Education center that offers courses in Art History, Archeology, Epigraphy, Anthropology and Museology.

France has been facing student protests for several weeks. On Saturday (17), a demonstration ended in a wave of "unprecedented" riots and looting, according to authorities, with almost 2,400 arrests, hundreds of commercial establishments looted and serious damage to public buildings.