My museum le Louvre (English version)
MY MUSEUM LE LOUVRE HAS BEEN PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REUNION DES MUSEES NATIONAUX-GRAND PALAIS AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF LE MUSEE DU LOUVRE.
Paulette has interviewed the greatest stars of the Louvre.
Listen to exclusive interviews with the Mona Lisa, the artist Raphael, the Great Sphinx and the brightest stars of the Louvre.
Paulette guides you with her little red arrow so you will no longer get lost in the corridors of the Louvre.
With My Museum, you learn about art history by playing detective and you could win ‘the Golden Paulette’!
The iphone application ‘My Museum’ is a fun-audio guide which invites you to
visit the Louvre in a fun and original way.
The user helps Paulette, a friendly and impish guide, to solve the riddles in a treasure trail. Paulette has the power to make the masterpieces speak and uses this gift to ‘interview’ 25 artworks in an open and friendly tone.
25 MAJOR ARTORKS
Discover the stars of the Louvre on your iphone. My Museum invites you to plunge into the heart of the collections of the most prestigious museum in the world. From the Italian Renaissance to the French schools, via Ancient Egypt, the whole history of the Palace of the Louvre is recounted by its famous tenants.
PAULETTE MAKES THE MASTERPIECES SPEAK
Paulette is a very special journalist with the unique power to bring to life the stars of art history.
A STROLL ROUND LE LOUVRE
Make a date with My Museum at the world’s largest museum in the heart of Paris. The Louvre is open every day except Tuesdays and national holidays.
Download from your iphone application and meet your personal guide.
THE VOICES OF THE MASTERPIECES
The Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the artists Raphael and David all reveal their secrets to Paulette in exclusive interviews!
In My museum le Louvre, discover who survived on the ‘Raft of the Medusa’, listen to the painter David own up to enlarging Napoleon, find out about the Mona Lisa’s family. Paulette knows how to get a good scoop!
THE RED ARROW
It’s difficult not to get lost when you visit the Louvre; its sheer size and complexity quickly transform it into a labyrinth.
My Museum allows you to find your way around the rooms and the corridors without getting lost. Simply follow the flashing red arrow on your iphone.
The arrowed screens of My Museum will lead you straight to the artworks.
THE TREASURE TRAIL
Learn about art history by playing detective. Paulette invites you to discover the extraordinary story of the palace of the Louvre through the events and turns of its eight centuries. Set out on the trail of 15 of the museum’s works of art. Each key you find opens a door which leads to a mini-game related to the works or the history of the museum. The total number of keys you find will win you a golden, a silver or a plastic "Paulette"!
ANIMATIONS
All the works presented in My museum le Louvre have been transformed into original animations. Watch the ‘Seated Scribe’ scribbling, relive the nineteenth century discovery of the Venus de Milo or the staging of Napoleon’s coronation! My museum helps you to understand the works and the story behind them.
INTERNET PUBLICATIONS
Your treasure trail score can be posted on your Facebook wall so you can share with your friends your ‘Golden Paulette’ award, or the silver or…the plastic Paulette!
You can also share your visit with your friends by posting one of the poetic postcards offered with the application onto your Facebook wall.
THE STARS OF LE LOUVRE ARE MULTILINGUAL
Over 8 million people visit the Louvre every year. The Louvre welcomes tourists from all over the world and so My Museum offers guides in 3 languages with Spanish available in October 2011.