The “Louvre New Renaissance” plan launched earlier this year includes security improvements and modernization.

As a deadline fast approaches to either charge to release two suspects, a French lawmaker ripped security at the Louvre.

The precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum on Sunday include an emerald necklace gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other priceless crown jewels.

Two suspects with histories of jewel thefts had been tracked for days after their DNA was recovered from the museum and were arrested shortly before one of them was set to board a flight out of the country,

Days after eight pieces of the French crown jewels were stolen from the Louvre, a former bank robber who once toured the now-infamous Apollo Gallery for a Louvre podcast says he warned a museum official of weaknesses in security.

Last week, eight crown jewels were stolen from the world-famous museum in Paris, which sparked public outrage and raised questions over museum security.View on euronews

Find out how the Louvre's daring daylight heist is changing museum security and what every traveler should know before visiting major attractions.