A spontaneous strike at the Louvre erupted during a routine internal meeting, as gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel refused to take up their posts.

Thousands of tourists were left queueing outside the Louvre Museum on Monday morning after front-line staff unexpectedly walked off the job, bringing the world-renowned Paris museum to a halt. Visitors stood in long,

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, has withstood war, terror, and pandemic — but on Monday, it was brought to a halt by its own