The world-famous Louvre museum in Paris will be led by the current director of the Palace of Versailles, Christophe Leribault. He will replace the current director, Laurence des Cars, who resigned on Tuesday. She was heavily criticized as director following the October 2025 jewelery theft, which exposed serious security flaws, and repeated staff strikes.
- Christophe Leribault became the new director of the Louvre museum in Paris.
- He replaced Laurence des Cars, who resigned after criticism and the theft of jewels.
- Leribault is tasked with ensuring security and modernizing the Louvre.
- Annick Lemoinová was appointed director of the Orsay and Orangerie Museums.
- The reorganization occurs in connection with strikes and security problems of museums.
Leribault’s nomination for the post of head of the most visited museum in the world was confirmed by the French government at its meeting on Wednesday. AFP reported. French government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon said that Des Cars’ resignation was a conscious and responsible decision that will allow the Louvre to “write a new chapter” in its history.
According to AFP, Leribault has the task of ensuring security in the museum, modernizing it and leading the Louvre – New Renaissance project, which also includes the preparation of new exhibitions and public spaces. It is a project that President Emmanuel Macron announced at the beginning of 2025 with the aim of promoting the Louvre as a world cultural symbol – in the spirit of its historical importance and “Renaissance spirit”.
French media note that Leribault is familiar with the workings of the Louvre museum, because for some time in the early years of the 21st century, he headed the department of collections of drawings, prints, graphics and illustrations there.
In addition to accepting the resignation submitted by Laurence des Cars, President Macron on Tuesday on the proposal of the Minister of Culture Rachida Datiová, he appointed Annick Lemoinová as the director of the Orsay and Orangerie Museums – Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. Lemoin, General Conservator of Heritage for the City of Paris, headed the Cognacq-Jay and Petit Palais museums, succeeding Sylvain Amic, who died in August 2025.
This reorganization came at a time when museums have problems related to strikes and security incidents that have affected the comfort of visitors and tourism in Paris.
