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The Louvre

Ten stops, from the Winged Victory at the top of the Daru staircase to the Sphinx of Tanis in a crypt of the Sully wing.

Ten stops, 23 minutes, on your phone in the museum. The first stop is free, the whole tour $4.99.

Audio in English and Japanese.

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The tour follows a route through the Denon and Sully wings, so each stop comes up as you reach it. You listen on your own phone, with your own headphones, at your own pace.

Each stop takes a few minutes. Start it in front of the work and pause whenever you like.

The stops

  1. 1
    Winged Victory of Samothrace
    A warship's bow taken for a tomb
    0:00 / 2:03Free
  2. 2
    Venus and the Three Graces
    Found under a coat of whitewash
    0:00 / 0:52Preview
  3. 3
    Mona Lisa
    The note in the margin, 1503
    0:00 / 0:45Preview
  4. 4
    The Wedding Feast at Cana
    Paid in ducats, wine and meals
    0:00 / 0:44Preview
  5. 5
    The Raft of the Medusa
    About 150 people on one raft
    0:00 / 0:45Preview
  6. 6
    Liberty Leading the People
    “At least I'll paint for her”
    0:00 / 0:45Preview
  7. 7
    The Coronation of Napoleon
    The Napoleon David painted over
    0:00 / 0:45Preview
  8. 8
    Psyche Revived by Cupid
    The jar she was told not to open
    0:00 / 0:45Preview
  9. 9
    Venus de Milo
    Dug up by a farmer in 1820
    0:00 / 0:47Preview
  10. 10
    Great Sphinx of Tanis
    Which king is it?
    0:00 / 0:48Preview