Musée d'Orsay strike postpones exhibition opening amid seven-day week plan

A labor protest by Musée d'Orsay staff in Paris led to the museum's closure on Tuesday, September 23, 2015, with strike action continuing after a meeting with the minister of culture and staff union on Wednesday. The strike opposes a French ministry of culture proposal to keep major museums, including the Louvre and Versailles, open seven days a week starting in November, aiming to address overcrowding by dedicating one day solely to school visits. As a result, the exhibition 'Splendour and Misery: Images of Prostitution 1850-1910' has been delayed from its scheduled Tuesday opening until an agreement is reached. The plan, reported by Libération, seeks to manage visitor numbers but has sparked resistance from museum employees.