Rain Leaks From Louvre’s Roof and Narrowly Misses Prized Cimabue Painting

It’s no secret that the Louvre is creaking; in a leaked memo to the French culture memo published in Le Parisien in January, the museum’s director – Laurence des Cars – noted that there was “structural damage” everywhere, threatening the collection. He also said some parts of the building were “no longer watertight.”It may come as no surprise, then, that like the memo, the museum’s roof was also leaking last Saturday. A powerful hailstor