Museums across Paris are now closed while union workers try to rumble with the Ministry of Culture. Workers at the Centre Pompidou walked off the job last week, and the strike spread yesterday to dozens of other museums.
As of December 3, the following attractions are either fully or partially closed:
- The Louvre
- The Pompidou Center
- The Musée d’Orsay
- The Rodin Museum
- The Château de Versailles
- The Arc de Triomphe
- Sainte-Chapelle
- Notre Dame (only the towers are affected)
Read more about the strike here:
In English
Budget Travel
New York Times
Bloomberg
Associated Press
In French
AFP
Nouvel Obs
Le Monde
Libération
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Thanks for the update. I am hoping that the Orangerie and Grand Palais will be open. I also am going to sign up for some context food tours ! I get to Paris on Sunday and hope the strike will be over!
Yes, the Context Travel food tours are still going when everything else is closed! They’re especially fun during the holiday season when shops are filled with special items. Of course, I’m biased because I lead some of them
More on the food tours here:
http://www.contexttravel.com/paris/tours/paris-food-crawl/PTR4472/?linked-tours=yes