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During confinement, the Louvre explodes Internet attendance records

2020-04-07T17:48:30.169Z


The most visited museum in the world has closed its doors ... But its virtual visit has never been visited: 400,000 visitors


The most visited museum in the world, with 10 million visitors in 2019, also had to close its doors due to the pandemic.

But, failing to rush under the pyramid, lovers of the Louvre (I), French and foreign, are now rushing to its website, whose attendance has literally exploded: 400,000 daily visits, against 40,000 before the start of the confinement, last March 17.

" Unbelievable ! enthusiastically the museum management. We never imagined such success. This really highlights the need for escape in this difficult period, even if a visit to the site obviously does not replace a walk in the museum. "

14 social media accounts

The public? The Italians and the Spanish opened the ball during the first two weeks of the confinement, and recently, the English speakers joined them: more than half of the page views focus on virtual visits in English. The French also remain very present.

Faced with the pressing demand, from art enthusiasts as well as the curious, the Louvre has multiplied its offers, often fun, by offering filmed conferences, cartoons, videos by Youtubeurs, podcasts that the museum has produced in recent years. . And the establishment strives to bring its 14 accounts to life as much as possible, notably on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Weibo or WeChat.

Each day, a work is to be discovered in detail. This Tuesday, the statue of Charles de Maigny, captain of the king's door guards under François 1er. But also, for the youngest, a comic strip to explore the museum, with The Mice of the Louvre, to read in digital ... Before attacking the attached activity sheet, to download, with crosswords, coloring and quiz.

"Carte blanche to the Youtubers"

And also conferences, symposia, zooms on the works of the Louvre, the essential Joconde and Venus de Milo, but also a host of other less known.

Visitors' darling? The virtual reality experience app "Head to head with the Mona Lisa", offered during the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, which allows you to enter the world of Monna Lisa, to see her move, to discover its interior… And which has been downloaded almost 30,000 times!

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"Even our series, which offers five one-hour courses on the history of color in the Middle Ages, has been incredibly successful," says the management of the Louvre, whereas we had imagined it more intended for an informed audience. People have a real thirst for discovery. "

Also discover the videos "Carte blanche to Youtubeurs", and in particular that, very popular, of Florian Boullot, which offers a solitary walk through the museum, punctuated by whispers.

And finally to discover, among others, the podcast entitled "When painting tells Leonardo da Vinci", a journey through the five paintings of the artist kept in the Louvre.

Source: leparis

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