Louvre Audio Guide app review: the official Audio Guide to the Louvre museum

Introduction

Whether you have already booked your tickets to Paris, or you find yourself daydreaming about the Louvre even when you are thousands of miles away, the Louvre Audio Guide is an app that will bring you everything you need to know about this amazing museum straight to your iPhone or iPad.

Containing more than three hours of audio commentary intended to inform and educate visitors and enthusiasts, this app has been developed in tandem with the Louvre Museum's in-house curators and lecturers.

This app costs $1.99, which is far cheaper than any tour guide at the museum and will give you so much information, you could consider becoming a guide yourself, and you would be one of the best because the information in this guide comes from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

Although the highlight of this app is this highly informative audio, it's important to mention that I was pleasantly surprised by how many amazing features are packed into this 5.4 MB app.

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An Informative & Reliable Tour Guide

The Louvre Audio Guide app's user interface is clean and modern-looking with options to look at the permanent collections at the museum, or the temporary exhibitions that come and go. You can choose from two options for your visit to the museum: do a guided “tour” of the museum, or guide yourself based on thematic selections of artwork descriptions.

The Masterpieces tour helps you discover and rediscover the highlights of the museum such as the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. This guide will lead you through the most prominent galleries within this epic museum.

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Make Your Way Through The Louvre

This app also contains a curated selection of must-sees within the museum, which can be used on a visit where you take the reins and go through the museum the way you want and at the pace that you want. To help you do this, you can view the must-see list on a museum map, on a list, or as a mosaic. When you are at each must-see sight, you can listen and learn from the audio commentary voiced by the experts at the museum.

Speaking of maps, this app also contains a fully integrated interactive map which will not only help you locate the beautiful works of art contained in this museum, but you can also find your own location by turning on location services and using the Where am I? function.

Although this app contains enough information to take you through the museum, there are some in-app purchases available to help you add more content, such as Egypt At The Louvre, The Louvre at leisure, and Islamic Art at the Louvre.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• View a list of must-sees in the museum
• Navigate through the museum using the built-in interactive map
• Receive information on art pieces from the experts at Louvre itself
• Make in-app purchases to receive additional tours within the museum

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

Louvre Audio Guide, despite its name, contains far more than just the most informative audio from the experts over at the museum; it also packs many more features such as a fully integrated interactive map that will make navigation through this vast museum a breeze and turn your iPhone or iPad into the best tour guide you could possibly get.