Topic: Pompidou Centre
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-17 17:10:44
<div><p>Staff at Paris's Pompidou Centre on Thursday suspended a strike that has shut down France's top modern art museum for more than three weeks, management and unions told AFP.</p><p>The museum reopened in the afternoon for the first time since the strike began November 23 but ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-06 10:10:13
<div><p>Paris's Orsay Impressionist art museum reopened on Sunday after a strike shut it down for four days, staff said, but more disruption at major French tourist sites looked likely next week.</p><p>Tourists had to take pot luck visiting other sites in the capital, where several national monuments ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-04 16:10:36
<div><p>A strike shut down the Louvre museum and other top French attractions Thursday in a battle over public sector job cuts that could hit the Christmas holiday season.</p><p>Strikers blocked the entrance to the Louvre, where the masterpieces draw eight million people a year, as a stoppage which ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-02 16:10:36
<div><p>Many of Paris's most popular museums and tourist sites including the Musee d'Orsay and the Arc de Triomphe were closed Wednesday after staff went on strike to protest against planned job cuts.</p><p>The Louvre museum and the Chateau of Versailles remained open, however, with visitors to ...
