Adventures in the Louvre with Elaine Sciolino
Wed, Apr 02
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Time & Location
Apr 02, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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About the Event
Elaine Sciolino, the bestselling author of The Only Street in Paris, shares an intimate journey of discovery and revelation into the world’s greatest museum.
The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year to masterpieces like the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and other magnificent works of human achievement. But the museum — once a forbidding fortress built to house and protect French Kings — can seem more intimidating than inviting.
Join us as Elaine Sciolino, author of Adventures in the Louvre, guides us on a virtual visit to this magical space, making it her mission to show us how anyone can forge an intimate connection with the museum. She 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 selecting and arranging the works, the artisans producing…