Better late than never: for more than a year now the Louvre, the Paris museum at the heart of the bestselling novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, is offering an interactive audio tour that re-traces the plot of the Hollywood adaptation of the book. French actor Jean Reno, who plays detective Bezu Fache in the film, narrates the guided tour. The museum, backdrop for some of the movie, charges 10 euros (£6.80) to hire the portable MP3 players. The audio tour is targetting US tourists, who make up 20% of the Louvre’s 7.5 million foreign visitors each year.

The tour has been produced by Soundwalk, a company that makes “sonic journeys” for New York and Paris. The company has said it is discussing deals to make tours for other museums that have been featured in films. However, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, which served as the mise-en-scène for the 2006 hit movie ‘Night at the museum’, thusfar cannot be experienced by means of an audioguide.

Read article ‘Louvre offers Da Vinci Code tour’ (BBC, May 15, 2006)
Go to website Da Vinci Code Soundwalk
Go to website Musee du Louvre
Buy the Soundwalk on iTunes

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