Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino
Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino
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Adventures in the Louvre
How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum

Author: Elaine Sciolino

Narrator: Lynn Bradford

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/08/2025

Synopsis

A former New York Times Paris bureau chief explores the Louvre, offering an intimate journey of discovery and revelation.

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 listeners 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.

About Elaine Sciolino

Elaine Sciolino is a writer for the New York Times in Paris and the author of La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life, Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran, and The Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis. In 2010, she was decorated as a chevalier of the Legion of Honor for her special contribution to the friendship between France and the United States. She has worked for Newsweek in New York, Chicago, Paris, and Rome and has held a number of posts at the New York Times, including Paris bureau chief, United Nations bureau chief, Central Intelligence Agency correspondent, and chief diplomatic correspondent.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Denise on March 06, 2025

I've never been to the Louvre or even France before, and sometimes have wondered if it's worth the hype and romanticism. So I was interested in this book, which attempted an impressive survey look at one of the most overwhelming and massive museum collections in the world with lots of storied, compl......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on May 01, 2025

The beginning and end of this book are 5 stars; the middle is ... 3.5. The beginning and end are fun and original and lively. The middle part of the book is exactly what Sciolino accuses the Louvre of being: an obligation. Every chapter is dedicated to an ethnic group or gender choice that feels unh......more

Goodreads review by Leila on May 29, 2025

A deep dive into the history and the machinations of one of the worlds best known museums. Each chapter starts with a quote to do with the Louvre. Each chapter deals with a specific part of the Louvre in Paris (the different wings, different works of art, even the boutiques) or a different Louvres i......more

Goodreads review by Russell on April 27, 2025

"Adventures in the Louvre" serves as an excellent introduction to the famous Paris museum, and not just as an overview. Sciolino takes you through the history of the various buildings and architectures, and covers the museum's many collections from many different angles: how women are depicted, the......more

Goodreads review by Dana on July 04, 2025

I purchased this book in the shop at the Louvre after visiting on a very crowded Saturday. We came to see the Couture Show. It was my first visit back in over 40 years and I brought my daughter. We only had time to see the Couture show which was excellent against the backdrop of the European Objects......more

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