Louvre Audio Guide on Android

The Louvre is vast. Odyssée offers an audio experience built as a narrative: artworks speak to one another, creating meaning across the entire visit.

Why visiting the Louvre can be challenging

Too many rooms and artworks for a single visit

Even with several hours on site, it is impossible to see everything without a guiding thread.

Lack of context to understand what you are looking at

The artworks are extraordinary, but without a narrative, their meaning can quickly fade.

Traditional audio guides often feel like checklists

One artwork after another, with little connection or overarching perspective.

How Odyssée works

Odyssée is designed around the real conditions of visiting the Louvre.

Choose a starting point or a theme

An iconic artwork, a civilisation, or a route designed for a specific part of the museum.

Listen to short, narrative sequences

Stories crafted to be heard inside the museum, without interrupting the visit.

Follow the links between artworks

Each sequence naturally leads to other artworks, connected through space, history, or ideas.

Works offline once inside the museum

Content is available offline, allowing you to listen freely even without a network connection.

Continue after the visit, at your own pace

The tours remain accessible. You can revisit, explore, and listen again from home, long after your visit.

App preview

Our experience, summarised in 6 screens.

Tour overview screen showing context and description
Tour overview: context and what you will hear.
Full-screen audio player showing an artwork
Full-screen player focused on the artwork.
Track list for quick access to the tour's audio tracks
Track list: quick access to every audio track.
Transition track that links two artworks within the narrative
Transitions: links between artworks, not isolated stops.
Navigation tips to follow a coherent route in the museum
Navigation: simple tips to move through the museum.
Settings screen for managing offline content
Offline: download tours before your visit.

Three audio tours designed as narratives

Odyssée currently offers three curated routes at the Louvre.

Each is conceived as a continuous experience, where artworks converse from one chapter to the next, forming a coherent story throughout the visit.

Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt

This tour spans more than three millennia of Egyptian civilisation through statues, reliefs, and ritual objects. Anchored by iconic works such as the Seated Scribe, the narrative extends to lesser-known pieces — the Relief of Seti I and Hathor or the statue of Senusret III — to explore power, religion, and representations of the body, and to understand how the Egyptians conceived time, death, and eternity.

Treasures of the Denon Wing

This tour approaches the Denon Wing as a sequence of great visual narratives. Around iconic masterpieces such as the Winged Victory of Samothrace, it reconsiders more complex works — The Raft of the Medusa, ancient reliefs — to reveal how artists have staged drama, glory, and power across centuries.

Encounters with the Italian Masters of the Renaissance

From Leonardo to Raphael, this tour explores the Italian Renaissance as a moment of transformation. Alongside universally known masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa, it invites listeners to pause before lesser-known works — The Madonna of the Meadow, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne — to understand how artists experimented, hesitated, and reshaped their way of seeing the world.

Discover freely, explore further at your own pace

Odyssée offers a free introductory track to enter the narrative and understand the approach. Full tours are then available in a premium version, allowing you to follow the story in its entirety, without interruption.

FAQ

Is this the official Louvre website?

No. Odyssée is an independent application designed to accompany visits to the Louvre through narrative audio tours. It is neither affiliated with nor operated by the Louvre Museum.

Does it replace the official Louvre website or audio guide?

No. Odyssée offers a complementary approach focused on storytelling, connections between artworks, and the visitor experience. The official Louvre website and audio guide provide institutional and documentary information.

Does it work offline inside the museum?

Yes. Once tours are downloaded, listening works entirely offline, allowing you to use the app inside the museum without relying on network coverage.

Is there any free content?

Yes. A free introductory track allows you to discover the tone and approach of Odyssée. Full tours are then available in the premium version.

Start the visit

Install Odyssée and explore the Louvre through narratives designed for the museum.