周三,巴黎卢浮宫馆长谈到了该博物馆新的安全漏洞,同时详细介绍了在上个月耗资1.02亿美元之后,正在对该博物馆的安全系统进行全面检查的计划珠宝抢劫.
卢浮宫主席兼主任劳伦斯·德斯·卡斯(Laurence des Cars)出现在国民议会文化事务委员会(National Assembly cultural Affairs Committee)面前,被问及上周博物馆发生的新的安全漏洞。
立法者问这位导演,周五两个比利时有影响力的人是如何在一个收藏达芬奇《蒙娜丽莎》的画廊里悬挂他们自己的肖像的。
德斯·卡斯说,她想“客观地看待事情”,安全漏洞是多年来困扰这座有232年历史的博物馆的一系列事件之一。
“我们经常在卢浮宫美术馆发生事故。两年前,是活动人士,”des Cars,指的是将汤泼在画上的环保活动人士,这是世界上其他博物馆都经历过的策略。
她说,博物馆正在实施的新安全设备将有助于工作人员防止未来发生此类事件,包括安装她所说的反入侵系统。
Des Cars表示,一项重大的安全改进将是在卢浮宫的地面上建造一个警察局。
局长表示,该警察局是“未来几天”将实施的20多项“紧急措施”之一
她说,安全措施还包括在卢浮宫安装100个新的安全摄像头,包括监控博物馆周边的摄像头,这些摄像头在10月19日的珠宝盗窃案中严重缺乏。
des Cars说,设立一个安全协调员的职位也是加强安全的一部分。她还说,最近关闭的两个画廊将在重新开放前进行安全升级。
Des Cars说,“这种情况令人震惊的讽刺”是,卢浮宫珠宝盗窃案发生时,许多安全措施正在改进。她说,在2022年至2025年期间,作为9.33亿美元的“卢浮宫新文艺复兴”计划的一部分,整个博物馆安装了134台数码相机。
“我想灌输一种真正的安全文化,”德斯·卡斯说,并补充说,自2022年成为博物馆馆长以来,她一直呼吁安全升级。
自从卢浮宫发生抢劫事件以来,出现了几个安全问题,凸显了人们对这个世界上参观人数最多的博物馆的担忧。
其中一个被揭露的事实是,卢浮宫外的一个外围安全摄像头没有朝向阿波罗画廊,劫匪使用车载机械摘樱桃机到达画廊,并使用电动工具闯入画廊。本月早些时候,一名了解安全系统的博物馆员工透露密码因为博物馆的视频监控系统就是“卢浮宫”
周一,卢浮宫宣布暂时关闭一个公共画廊和几个办公室,因为它们的结构变得脆弱。
当局称,在10月的抢劫案中,四名嫌疑人已被逮捕并被起诉,但从阿波罗画廊偷走的八件法国皇冠珠宝藏品尚未找到。
法国调查人员称,珠宝抢劫从开始到逃跑用了7分钟。
检察官没有排除在此案中逮捕更多人的可能性,但表示调查人员尚未找到任何证据表明博物馆工作人员参与了抢劫。
Louvre director details security improvement plans following $102 million jewel heist
The director of the Louvre in Paris addressed on Wednesday a new security breach at the museum while detailing plans underway to overhaul the facility's security system in the wake of last month's $102 millionjewel heist.
Laurence des Cars, president and director of the Louvre, appeared before the National Assembly Culture Affairs Committee and was grilled about a new security breach that occurred at the museum last week.
Lawmakers asked the director how two Belgian influencers were able to hang a portrait of themselves on Friday in a gallery housing Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting.
Saying she wanted to "put things in perspective," des Cars said the security breach was one of a string of incidents that have plagued the 232-year-old museum over the years.
"We constantly have incidents in the Louvre's galleries. Two years ago, it was activists," des Cars, referring to environmental activists who hurled soup on paintings, a tactic other museums around the world have experienced.
She said the new security apparatus being implemented at the museum will help staff head off such incidents in the future, including the installation of what she described as anti-intrusion systems.
Des Cars said a major security improvement will be the construction of a police station on the grounds of the Louvre.
The director said the police station is among more than 20 "emergency measures" that will be put in place "in the coming days."
She said the security measures will also include the installation of 100 new security cameras at the Louvre, including cameras to monitor the perimeter of the museum that were severely lacking during the Oct. 19 jewel heist.
The creation of a security coordinator position is also part of the security boost, des Cars said. She also said two galleries that were recently closed will get a security upgrade before they reopen.
Des Cars said the "appalling irony of the situation" is that the Louvre jewel heist occurred as many of the security improvements were being made. She said that between 2022 and 2025, 134 digital cameras were installed throughout the museum as part of a $933 million "Louvre New Renaissance" plan.
"I want to instill a genuine security culture," said des Cars, adding that she has been calling for the security upgrades since she became the museum's director in 2022.
Since the robbery at the Louvre, several security issues have emerged, highlighting concerns about the world's most visited museum.
Among the revelations was that a single perimeter security camera outside the Louvre was not facing the Apollo Gallery, where the robbers used a truck-mounted mechanical cherry picker to reach the gallery and power tools to cut their way in. Earlier this month, a museum employee with knowledge of the security system revealed that thepasswordfor the museum's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre."
On Monday, the Louvre announced that a public gallery and several offices were being temporarily closed because they had become structurally fragile.
Four suspects have been arrested and charged in the October robbery, but the eight pieces of the French crown jewel collection swiped from the Apollo Gallery have not been recovered, authorities said.
French investigators said the jewel heist from start to getaway took seven minutes.
Prosecutors have not ruled out making more arrests in the case, but said investigators have yet to find any evidence implicating members of the museum staff in the robbery.





