
Adventures in the Louvre
How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Buy for $17.49
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Lynn Bradford
-
By:
-
Elaine Sciolino
About this listen
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.
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
On the Hippie Trail
- Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
- By: Rick Steves
- Narrated by: Rick Steves
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he documented everything along the way: jumping off a moving train, making friends in Tehran, getting lost in Lahore, getting high for the first time in Herat, battling leeches in Pokhara, and much more. The experience ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world.
-
-
Nice but a bit tame
- By Carl on 02-16-25
By: Rick Steves
-
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself
- One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
- By: Glynnis MacNicol
- Narrated by: Glynnis MacNicol
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists and a thirst for long-overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets. After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend’s apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it.
-
-
Sentence structure; descriptions
- By Marlette Hoxmeier on 07-02-24
By: Glynnis MacNicol
-
The Most Beautiful Walk in the World
- A Pedestrian in Paris
- By: John Baxter
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years. In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and long-time Paris resident John Baxter remembers his yearlong experience of giving "literary walking tours" through the city. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the trail of Paris' legendary artists and writers of the past.
-
-
puts me to sleep, not in a good way
- By Placeholder on 04-07-18
By: John Baxter
-
When the Going Was Good
- An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
- By: Graydon Carter, James Fox - contributor
- Narrated by: Graydon Carter
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Graydon Carter was offered the editorship of Vanity Fair in 1992, he knew he faced an uphill battle—how to make the esteemed and long-established magazine his own. Not only was he confronted with a staff that he perceived to be loyal to the previous regime, but he arrived only a few years after launching Spy magazine, which gloried in skewering the celebrated and powerful—the very people Vanity Fair venerated.
-
-
A lucky man
- By Dassha1 on 03-30-25
By: Graydon Carter, and others
-
The Paris Novel
- By: Ruth Reichl
- Narrated by: Kiiri Sandy
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading “Go to Paris.” Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a traumatic childhood has kept her confined to the strict routines of her comfort zone. But when her boss encourages her to take time off, Stella resigns herself to honoring her mother’s last wishes.
-
-
Magical, but read the actual book do not listen
- By Gina DiMartino on 04-25-24
By: Ruth Reichl
-
Killers of a Certain Age
- By: Deanna Raybourn
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer, Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for 40 years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.
-
-
Insulting to “older” women
- By JWB35 on 02-26-23
By: Deanna Raybourn
-
On the Hippie Trail
- Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
- By: Rick Steves
- Narrated by: Rick Steves
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he documented everything along the way: jumping off a moving train, making friends in Tehran, getting lost in Lahore, getting high for the first time in Herat, battling leeches in Pokhara, and much more. The experience ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world.
-
-
Nice but a bit tame
- By Carl on 02-16-25
By: Rick Steves
-
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself
- One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
- By: Glynnis MacNicol
- Narrated by: Glynnis MacNicol
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists and a thirst for long-overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets. After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend’s apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it.
-
-
Sentence structure; descriptions
- By Marlette Hoxmeier on 07-02-24
By: Glynnis MacNicol
-
The Most Beautiful Walk in the World
- A Pedestrian in Paris
- By: John Baxter
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years. In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and long-time Paris resident John Baxter remembers his yearlong experience of giving "literary walking tours" through the city. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the trail of Paris' legendary artists and writers of the past.
-
-
puts me to sleep, not in a good way
- By Placeholder on 04-07-18
By: John Baxter
-
When the Going Was Good
- An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
- By: Graydon Carter, James Fox - contributor
- Narrated by: Graydon Carter
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Graydon Carter was offered the editorship of Vanity Fair in 1992, he knew he faced an uphill battle—how to make the esteemed and long-established magazine his own. Not only was he confronted with a staff that he perceived to be loyal to the previous regime, but he arrived only a few years after launching Spy magazine, which gloried in skewering the celebrated and powerful—the very people Vanity Fair venerated.
-
-
A lucky man
- By Dassha1 on 03-30-25
By: Graydon Carter, and others
-
The Paris Novel
- By: Ruth Reichl
- Narrated by: Kiiri Sandy
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading “Go to Paris.” Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a traumatic childhood has kept her confined to the strict routines of her comfort zone. But when her boss encourages her to take time off, Stella resigns herself to honoring her mother’s last wishes.
-
-
Magical, but read the actual book do not listen
- By Gina DiMartino on 04-25-24
By: Ruth Reichl
-
Killers of a Certain Age
- By: Deanna Raybourn
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer, Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for 40 years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.
-
-
Insulting to “older” women
- By JWB35 on 02-26-23
By: Deanna Raybourn
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
The Only Street in Paris
- Life on the Rue Des Martyrs
- By: Elaine Sciolino
- Narrated by: Elaine Sciolino
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows.
-
-
Not just for Paris lovers.
- By Anna on 01-18-16
By: Elaine Sciolino
-
The Louvre
- The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
- By: James Gardner
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the world's greatest art museum.
-
-
Enlightening
- By Jean on 10-29-20
By: James Gardner
-
The Seine
- The River That Made Paris
- By: Elaine Sciolino
- Narrated by: Elaine Sciolino
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Elaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent and was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river from its source on a remote plateau of Burgundy to the wide estuary where its waters meet the sea, and the cities, tributaries, islands, ports, and bridges in between.
-
-
Disappointed
- By Nom de Guerre on 08-06-21
By: Elaine Sciolino
-
The Maverick's Museum
- Albert Barnes and His American Dream
- By: Blake Gopnik
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling new portrait of America’s first great collector of modern art, Albert Coombs Barnes. Raised in a Philadelphia slum shortly after the Civil War, Barnes rose to earn a medical degree and then made a fortune from a pioneering antiseptic treatment for newborns. Never losing sight of the working-class neighbors of his youth, Barnes became a ruthless advocate for their rights and needs.
-
-
A colorful portrait of a complicated man
- By Stephanie on 03-21-25
By: Blake Gopnik
-
The Other Lata
- By: Kirthana Ramisetti
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Somewhere in New York City, Lata Murthy knows there is another person with her name living a much more interesting life. That's because Lata often receives the other Lata's emails: invites to Hampton soirees, fundraising appeals from the New York City Ballet and reminders about sample sales at Soho boutiques. Lata's own life—working in digital content, watching Food Network marathons, spending recklessly on clothes she can't afford—feels pathetic in comparison.
-
I'll Love You Forever
- Notes from a K-Pop Fan
- By: Giaae Kwon
- Narrated by: Giaae Kwon
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In using intimate experiences to examine larger cultural topics, this singular work breaks new ground in its consideration of K-pop. I’ll Love You Forever blends the critical with the personal while spanning the history of K-pop from the perspective of a bilingual and bicultural Korean American.
By: Giaae Kwon
-
The Only Street in Paris
- Life on the Rue Des Martyrs
- By: Elaine Sciolino
- Narrated by: Elaine Sciolino
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows.
-
-
Not just for Paris lovers.
- By Anna on 01-18-16
By: Elaine Sciolino
-
The Louvre
- The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
- By: James Gardner
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the world's greatest art museum.
-
-
Enlightening
- By Jean on 10-29-20
By: James Gardner
-
The Seine
- The River That Made Paris
- By: Elaine Sciolino
- Narrated by: Elaine Sciolino
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Elaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent and was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river from its source on a remote plateau of Burgundy to the wide estuary where its waters meet the sea, and the cities, tributaries, islands, ports, and bridges in between.
-
-
Disappointed
- By Nom de Guerre on 08-06-21
By: Elaine Sciolino
-
The Maverick's Museum
- Albert Barnes and His American Dream
- By: Blake Gopnik
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling new portrait of America’s first great collector of modern art, Albert Coombs Barnes. Raised in a Philadelphia slum shortly after the Civil War, Barnes rose to earn a medical degree and then made a fortune from a pioneering antiseptic treatment for newborns. Never losing sight of the working-class neighbors of his youth, Barnes became a ruthless advocate for their rights and needs.
-
-
A colorful portrait of a complicated man
- By Stephanie on 03-21-25
By: Blake Gopnik
-
The Other Lata
- By: Kirthana Ramisetti
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Somewhere in New York City, Lata Murthy knows there is another person with her name living a much more interesting life. That's because Lata often receives the other Lata's emails: invites to Hampton soirees, fundraising appeals from the New York City Ballet and reminders about sample sales at Soho boutiques. Lata's own life—working in digital content, watching Food Network marathons, spending recklessly on clothes she can't afford—feels pathetic in comparison.
-
I'll Love You Forever
- Notes from a K-Pop Fan
- By: Giaae Kwon
- Narrated by: Giaae Kwon
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In using intimate experiences to examine larger cultural topics, this singular work breaks new ground in its consideration of K-pop. I’ll Love You Forever blends the critical with the personal while spanning the history of K-pop from the perspective of a bilingual and bicultural Korean American.
By: Giaae Kwon
-
A Spy Alone
- The Oxford Spy Ring, Book 1
- By: Charles Beaumont
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the fifties, identified and broken up after passing national secrets to the Soviets for years. But no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found...?
-
-
Amazing
- By Jessica on 09-02-24
By: Charles Beaumont
-
Food Person
- A Novel
- By: Adam Roberts
- Narrated by: Mia Hutchinson-Shaw
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isabella Pasternack is a food person. She revels in the beauty of a perfectly cooked egg, she daydreams about her first meal at Chez Panisse, and every inch of her tiny apartment teems with cookbooks, from Prune to Cooking by Hand to Roast Chicken and Other Stories. What Isabella is not, unfortunately, is a gainfully employed person. In the wake of a disastrous live-streamed soufflé demonstration, Isabella is summarily fired from her job at a digital food magazine and must quickly find a way to keep herself in buckwheat and anchovy paste.
By: Adam Roberts
-
The Mademoiselle Alliance
- A Novel
- By: Natasha Lester
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Morocco, 1928. Marie-Madeleine Méric is not the kind of woman who stays quietly at her husband’s side. Polyglot, pianist, and pilot, she is a woman of many skills, with unconventional interests—like driving in car rallies—that earn her a daredevil reputation. But dabbling in intelligence work to assist her military officer husband and the French government helps her recognize who she is at heart: an adventurer.
-
-
Incredible!
- By Vimala McClure on 04-15-25
By: Natasha Lester
-
The Age of Insight
- The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present
- By: Eric R. Kandel
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind - our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions - and how mind and brain relate to art.
-
-
Worth the listen
- By Amazon Customer on 01-28-19
By: Eric R. Kandel
-
John & Paul
- A Love Story in Songs
- By: Ian Leslie
- Narrated by: Chris Addison
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Beatles shook the world to its core in the 1960’s and, to this day, new generations continue to fall in love with their songs and their story. At the heart of this phenomenon lies the dynamic between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Few other musical partnerships have been rooted in such a deep, intense and complicated personal relationship.
-
-
Stunned
- By BellevueMike on 04-16-25
By: Ian Leslie
-
For the Love of Europe
- My Favorite Places, People, and Stories
- By: Rick Steves
- Narrated by: Rick Steves
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Join Rick as he's swept away by a fado singer in Lisbon, learns the dangers of falling in love with a gondolier in Venice, and savors a cheese course in the Loire Valley. Contemplate the mysteries of centuries-old stone circles in England, dangle from a cliff in the Swiss Alps, and hear a French farmer's defense of foie gras. With a brand-new, original introduction from Rick reflecting on his decades of travel, For the Love of Europe features 100 of the best stories published throughout his career.
-
-
Glad I got the audio version
- By Simon Altus on 01-14-21
By: Rick Steves
-
The Museum Detective
- By: Maha Khan Phillips
- Narrated by: Fareeda Pasha
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Dr. Gul Delani receives a call in the middle of the night from the Sindh police, she thinks they may have finally found her niece, Mahnaz—a precocious, politically conscious teenage girl who went missing three years prior. Gul has been racked with grief since Mahnaz’s disappearance, and distracts herself through work: she’s a talented curator at the Museum of Heritage and History in Karachi, one of the country’s leading experts in archaeology and ancient civilizations, a hard-won position for a woman.
-
-
Excellent character development! Great story and narrator!
- By Sarah C on 04-19-25
-
In Montparnasse
- The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dalí
- By: Sue Roe
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Montparnasse begins on the eve of the First World War and ends with the 1936 unveiling of Dalí’s Lobster Telephone. As those extraordinary years unfolded, the Surrealists found ever more innovative ways of exploring the interior life, and asking new questions about how to define art. In Montparnasse recounts how this artistic revolution came to be amidst the salons and cafés of that vibrant neighborhood.
-
-
Great Second of Two Books
- By Robert Keith on 10-26-19
By: Sue Roe
-
The Notorious Virtues
- By: Alwyn Hamilton
- Narrated by: Max Meyers, Colin White, Karissa Vacker, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At sixteen, Honora "Nora" Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in all of Walstad. Her family controls all the money—and all the magic—in the entire country. But despite being the center of attention, Nora has always felt like an outsider. When her mother is found dead in an alley, the family throne and fortune are suddenly up for grabs, and Nora will be pitted against her cousins in the Veritaz, the ultimate magical competition for power that determines the one family heir.
By: Alwyn Hamilton
-
The Last Session
- A Novel
- By: Julia Bartz
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Allyson Ryan
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From the instant New York Times bestselling author of The Writing Retreat, a white-knuckled locked-room thriller about a social worker who, after coming face-to-face with her dark past, must infiltrate a mysterious wellness center in the deserts of New Mexico.
-
-
So fun!
- By ACV on 04-09-25
By: Julia Bartz
-
This Is Not a Game
- A Novel
- By: Kelly Mullen
- Narrated by: Lesley Sharp
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Widow Mimi lives on idyllic Mackinac Island, where cars are not allowed and a Gibson martini with three onions at the witching hour is compulsory. Her estranged granddaughter, Addie, is getting over the heartbreak of not only being dumped by her fiancé, Brian, but also being cut out of the deal for the brilliantly successful video game Murderscape they invented together (with Addie doing most of the heavy lifting).
-
-
Murders and Mysteries and Mackinaw Island! I’m in!
- By Lynn on 04-19-25
By: Kelly Mullen
-
Where the Axe Is Buried
- A Novel
- By: Ray Nayler
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Meanwhile, on the fringes of a Western Europe that has renounced human governance in favor of ostensibly more efficient, objective, and peaceful AI Prime Ministers, an experimental artificial mind is malfunctioning, threatening to set off a chain of events that may spell the end of the Western world.
By: Ray Nayler