Explore one of the greatest museums in the world on this family-friendly private tour of the Louvre Museum. This thoughtfully designed tour will engage your children and teens, with a specially matched expert guide.
On your private family-friendly tour of the Louvre, you will:
- Learn about the building itself which is vast, and contains over 35,000 pieces of art in 60,600 square metres and 14,5 km of galleries;
- Head below ground to see the medieval origins of this vast royal palace that is now a museum - see if you can spot a gargoyle that looks remarkably like Yoda from Star Wars;
- Explore some pieces of the fascinating Egyptian collection and learn about the Mummies and the ancient Pharaohs;
- Find out why the famous marble statues: the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace have no arms;
- See the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa, and hear about how she was stolen and why her eyes follow you;
- Learn all about Emperor Napoleon in front of the painting of his Coronation;
- Hear all about the 1830s Revolution and the painting of Lady Liberty Leading the People;
- Learn about some of the famous artists like Gericault and the horrible true story of the Raft of the Medusa;
- See lots of amazing statues of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses and wild animals;
- Gaze at priceless royal jewellery;
- Hear about Good Henry turning one of the long galleries into an indoor hunting ground;
- End inside the museum to continue exploring, or let your guide escort you out!
The Louvre is a vast, palatial complex turned museum with a treasure trove of over 35,000 pieces of art. It is really spectacular to look at for kids and adults alike. This tour is geared toward children and teens, and in 2.5 hours covers all the major highlights of the Louvre in a fun, engaging, and interesting way.
You'll walk into the medieval basement of the building to see some incredible gargoyles, and then the Ancient Egyptian Mummies!
Your guide will tell you all about the life of Napoleon in front of the massive painting of his coronation - and explain how the painting has lots of little purposeful mistakes in it - a large bit of propaganda! Was Napoleon really so short? What was true and what was not?
You'll also see some amazing statues from the ancient world and hear lots of dramatic stories of Greek and Roman myths, heroes, gods, and goddesses like Hercules and Diana. You might want to know why some statues - like the Venus de Milo - don't have any arms!
No trip to the Louvre is complete without a visit to the Mona Lisa. Your guide will tell you all about the dramatic theft that shook the art world, and how she recovered. You'll also learn how she seems to follow you with her eyes as you walk past her!
As you walk down lots of galleries packed with treasures and jewels and paintings and statues, you'll also learn all about some of the famous people who lived here, like Catherine de Medici and King Henry IV who built a large wing of the palace and used to gallop his horses down it!
This tour was designed for you and your family – a tour of one of the world’s most famous museums made accessible for young people in 2.5 hours.
Please note that the "Liberty Leading the People" will be under restoration until further notice.Tour duration2.5 hours 30 minutes
Type of tourWalking tour: no transportation is included
Attractions along this route:
The Louvre MuseumThe Louvre is the biggest museum in the world. Inside you’ll find the jewels of every civilisation since prehistory.
The Mona LisaThere’s little that can be said about the world's most famous painting that hasn’t been said before. But don’t miss it...
The Venus de MiloThis Ancient Greek statue depicting Aphrodite of Milos is possibly the world's most acclaimed marble masterpiece.
The Victory of SamothraceThe Winged Victory of Samothrace is a must-see in the Louvre: a paradigm of Greek beauty, the archetype of Hellenistic sculpture.
'The Coronation of Napoleon'A painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre-Dame de Paris.
'Liberty leading the people'Is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France.
