One of the many pictures you can see in the Louvre app. Photo: Creative Commons.
The Louvre, arguably the world’s most famous museum, now has an iPhone app that has reached inside the top ten app downloads on iTunes. It is on sale in the iTunes store for free and is a good download for people who appreciate art.
The Musee de Louvre app gives you some of the features of the real Louvre on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The Louvre app features brief video segments on several famous rooms, sculptures, and portraits throughout the museum including the “Mona Lisa.” The Louvre app also features pictures and short descriptions on a lot of the Louvre’s extensive collection. Included are the “Mona Lisa,” “Code of Hammurabi,” “The Coronation of Napoleon,” and many more.
Here is a video that gives a tour of The Louvre app. Unfortunately it’s not in English but it you can still get the gist of it:
All in all, The Louvre app is a pretty solid app that is worth a download because it’s free. I recommend it to most iPhone users because it’s nice to look at all the sculptures and paintings, especially if you’ve never been to the Louvre before or refuse to wait on its notoriously long lines.
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Comments
This is something I would like-was not crazy about the tour because it was too choppy but maybe because it was not in English.
However, this is a app anyone who appreciates art would want
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