Adventures in the Louvre - How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum

The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year with its masterpieces. In Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino immerses herself in this magical space and helps us fall in love with what was once a forbidding fortress.Exploring galleries, basements, rooftops and gardens, Sciolino demystifies the Louvre, introducing us to her favourite artworks, both legendary and overlooked, and to the people who are the museum's lifeblood: the curators, the artisans producing frames and engravings, the builders overseeing restorations, the firefighters protecting the ageing structure.Blending investigative journalism, travelogue, history and memoir, Sciolino walks her readers through the museum's front gates and immerses them in its irresistible, engrossing world of beauty and culture. Adventures in the Louvre reveals the secrets of this grand monument of Paris and basks in its timeless, seductive power.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Sciolino, Sciolino Elaine
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2025
• EAN: 9781324021407
• ISBN: 978-1-324-02140-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Travel > Travel guides > Europe; France, European History, ART / History / General, Travel & holiday guides, HISTORY / Europe / France, TRAVEL / Europe / France, History of art / art & design styles, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, History of Art, Management & management techniques, Paris (City), Travel and holiday guides, Management and management techniques, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies