"The Louvre Museum on Tuesday installed metal bars over the windows of the Apollo Gallery, where thieves broke into the Paris landmark to make off with crown jewels in a recent daylight robbery. "This is one of the emergency measures decided after the theft," the museum's deputy administrator Francis Steinbock told AFP. Early in the morning, workers on the gallery balcony helped position a large grille hoisted by a crane to secure it to the gallery's tall French door windows."
"The bars are the latest measure put in place in recent months as the security standards at the world's most visited museum in Paris are facing intense scrutiny following the October heist when thieves stole jewellery worth an estimated €88 million. A police unit has been deployed at the museum and a project for increased video surveillance is underway, Steinbock said. Last week, the Louvre also announced the completion of anti-intrusion measures around the museum."
The Louvre installed metal bars over the Apollo Gallery windows as an emergency measure following the theft of crown jewels. Workers on the gallery balcony used a crane to hoist and secure a large grille to the tall French door windows. Discussions continue about securing other windows, and museum leaders had committed to reinstalling a grille before Christmas after one was removed during 2003-2004 restoration. Security has been tightened with a police unit deployed, anti-intrusion measures completed and a project to expand video surveillance underway. The October 19 robbery involved a truck with an extendable ladder, a broken window and angle grinders used to cut display glass, and the jewels remain missing.
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