ALREADY ONLINE

Explore art history, the Louvre collections and the construction of the largest museum in the world with this week's new resources: a new focus, a 3D video and much more!
Go to:
- www.louvre.fr/en (the number of visitors to the Louvre website has increased from around 40,000 to a record-breaking 400,000 users per day, reached on 19 March)
- social media pages under the hashtags #LouvreChezVous, #CultureChezNous and #MuseumFromHome

A closer look at The Winged Victory of Samothrace
Focus on the masterpiece to understand what makes it unique (in French, English and Japanese)
https://focus.louvre.fr/en/winged-victory-samothracehttps://focus.louvre.fr/en/winged-victory-samothrace

Building the Louvre
"The Louvre: 800 years of history" offers a look at the palace through time, using 3D imagery to reveal its construction step by step. From a medieval fortress to an art museum, the Louvre has undergone eight centuries of architectural transformation, making it an embodiment of French history.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkPcA8dngB4&t=3s

The Louvre masterpieces and palace
Check the Louvre’s Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for presentations of some of the greatest artworks and rooms in the museum (in French and English):

Instagram: #LouvreHistory on Wednesdays and #LouvreDetails on Fridays
Facebook: artwork of the week on Sundays

Twitter: #WorkOfTheDay in French at 7:30 a.m. and in English at 7 p.m. everyday

You can also find information on selected works at https://www.louvre.fr/en/selections/masterpieces

Cartoons
The ‘One minute in a museum’ children’s cartoon series explores some of the museum’s best-known works and is available on the Louvre’s YouTube channel (in French, English and Japanese): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02eh-p6hELI

A closer look at the Mona Lisa
Focus on the iconic artwork to understand what makes it unique (in French, English and Japanese) https://focus.louvre.fr/en/mona-lisa

If you have a VR headset, download the ‘Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass’ virtual reality experience to get up close and personal with this fascinating icon (in French, English, Spanish and Chinese): https://arts.vive.com/us/articles/projects/art-photography/mona_lisa_beyond_the_glass/

For those who do not have a VR headset, a mobile version is also available (in French, English, Spanish and Chinese):

➡  App Store: http://bit.ly/JocondeVRApp

➡  Google Play Store: http://bit.ly/JocondeVRGoo

‘Advent of the Artist’ exhibition in the Petite Galerie
Visit the exhibition virtually and enjoy portraits by the likes of Dürer, Rembrandt and Delacroix: https://petitegalerie.louvre.fr/visite-virtuelle/saison5/