The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, temporarily shut down today due to a spontaneous strike by the museum staff citing mass tourism. This comes one day after anti-tourist protests erupted across a dozen European cities.

PARIS (AP) — 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 striking staff, who say the institution is crumbling under the weight of mass tourism.

The Louvre Museum has failed to open on time Monday, leaving thousands of visitors stuck in long, unmoving lines.

Staff refused to open the museum’s doors to thousands of visitors on Monday, citing over-tourism and crumbling infrastructure.

As the old saying goes, "Hang it in the Louvre." Every day, thousands flock to The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, to see the most iconic museum in the world and get a glimpse of the art inside it. On Monday,