PARIS, France, June 23, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The management of the Louvre in Paris announced Tuesday the famed museum would close two hours early, at 4 pm, from Wednesday to Saturday due to the severe heatwave in France.

Soaring temperatures in Paris have made "visiting and working conditions difficult during the hottest hours of the day", the management said, noting that "it is at the end of the day that heat builds up most, exacerbated by high visitor numbers" at the world's most visited museum.