Museums

The robbers carried a diadema of Queen Mary Amelia and Queen Hortensia; a necklace of sapphire of these queens; an earring of the same cluster; an emerald necklace of Queen Mary Luisa; a pair of emerald earrings of Mary Luisa; a brooch; a diadema of Empress Eugenia; and a brooch of the empress herself.

In their flight they lost the crown of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, the Spanish wife of Emperor Napoleon III (1852-1870), and was damaged.

it is a crown of 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds, created for the empress on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of 1855. This exhibition, after the change of regime to the Third Republic, was sold in 1870 by the French State in 1885 as a means of liquidating its monarchical past, and returned to its possession more than a century later by a donation.

Those stolen are jewels of "incalculable patrimonial value and historical value."

Four people stole several historical pieces from the world's most visited museum, including the jewels of Queens Maria Amelia and Eugenia de Montijo. One of them was lost during the flight, and the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating what happened.

The French Minister of Culture has assured us that the theft has an "incalculable" value, including the jewels of Napoleon and Empress Eugenia. On the other hand, the museum will remain closed throughout Sunday to "protect the evidence."

It has had 4,822 more visitors than in the same period last year, and this year it has already had 921,971 visitors. The most crowded day was Wednesday, August 13, with 8,472 visitors throughout the day.

From 1966, the first edition of the San Sebastian Jazz Festival, the collection exhibited in the Laboratory Hall shows 200 photographs made during the concerts of the festival between 2024. Lolo Vasco has been curated by the current photographer of the Jazz Festival.  

The "light trunk", an emblem of Basque culture, has been installed in the Mercy building as part of the renovation of the Bilbao museum, which is expected to reopen its doors in 2026.

18 restored canvases from the original installation that Agustin Ibarrola created for the museum in 1979 will be presented. Six more will be added and the other three remaining to complete the set of 27 original copies will be considered lost. 

18 restored canvases from the original installation that Agustin Ibarrola created for the museum in 1979 will be presented. Six more will be added and the other three remaining to complete the set of 27 original copies will be considered lost.