Overview
- Thieves forced entry into the Lalique Jewelry Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday and went straight to the jewelry room, museum and investigators said.
- About 20 pieces were taken and preliminary estimates put the loss at roughly €4 million, though officials are still assessing the full value.
- An alarm sounded during the raid but the contracted security firm completed checks before police were alerted and a cleaning worker who arrived called the gendarmes.
- CCTV footage is being examined and the museum has closed for several days while gendarmes continue their active investigation; no arrests have been reported.
- The museum had been listed as a vulnerable site after the October 2025 Louvre heist, a fact that has raised fresh questions about alarm response and private security practices at small cultural institutions.