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 favorite 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 aging 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.

Author: Elaine Sciolino
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/01/2025
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.4lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781324021407


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2025
Library Journal 04/01/2025 pg. 53
Publishers Weekly 04/07/2025

About the Author
Sciolino, Elaine: - Elaine Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, is the author of six books, including the bestsellers The Only Street in Paris and The Seine. She lives in Paris.