France, Oct. 24 -- The Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais are all shut for the day, disrupting plans for visitors and residents alike. At the Grand Palais, the closure also means a pause in access to a major Cezanne exhibition.

The precautions follow unrest in Paris and other French cities a week ago, when masked groups looted shops, set cars alight and attacked public buildings on the sidelines of demonstrations.

Around 3,000 shops across France were damaged or looted, leaving business owners facing repairs and concerns about another difficult weekend. People walk past La Barrique bistrot damaged after the weekend protests over the cost of living turned into rioting and looting across France, in Paris, Wednesday, 21...