Today meet our expert guide for a skip-the-line guided tour to visit one of the world’s most popular museums - the Louvre! As one of the largest museums in the world, it has over 35,000 objects on display from prehistory to the 19th century, spread across more than 650,000 square feet of gallery space. On 10th August 1793, the Louvre Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time. From a medieval fortress, Renaissance palace and luxurious home to Kings and Emperors, the Louvre has been a symbol of the wealth, power and decadence of the French monarchy for over 600 years. Your guide will lead you through the galleries of this extraordinary French institution and explain the changing face of the Louvre through its architecture and design. You will marvel at the iconic glass pyramid and admire masterpieces from artists such as David, Géricault, Delacroix and Leonardo da Vinci himself. You will see the most famous artworks: the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Mona Lisa, painted by da Vinci at the beginning of the 16th century. Conducted with a maximum of 10 participants, this small group tour has a duration of 2 hours and once the guided tour has ended, you have the possibility to spend more time in the Louvre to visit other sections of the museum independently.