First, it came for men and for cruises, then it came for beards, and now the coronavirus has set its sights on the arts. Sunday morning the Louvre Museum, the most popular museum in the world, closed its doors after some of the museum’s 2,300 employees expressed concerns about potential exposure to the virus.
after some of the museum’s 2,300 employees expressed concerns about potential exposure to the virus.
Some visitors to the museum waited for upwards of three hours on Sunday morning, hanging around into the afternoon hoping that the opening was simply delayed and not completely suspended. Eventually, the Louvre announced it would indeed be closed for the day.The decision to close was, it appears, largely due to the power of the museum staff’s union, which had previously been less than successful in gaining the support for its members it sought from the museum’s management.
Naturally, as people are wont to do, those who were waiting outside the Lourve Sunday morning complained about the museum’s decision to close, “It was incredibly disappointing,” said one guest who had flown to Paris with his wife on their honeymoon, and had counted on a visit to the Louvre as being part of their trip.
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