Check this out - The Louvre Museum in Paris, France has a page where you can see virtual tours of a lot of its rooms and collections.
You need Flash to see it, but it's really cool. You can basically "turn around" in a bunch of rooms, and even look up and down.
There are some paintings where you can't quite see the top, which might make you a little crazy, but overall it gives a great look at this enormous museum and collection. And if you've ever been lucky enough to visit the Louvre, it's really nice to see it again when you don't happen to have a plane ticket handy.
When I was in college I spent part of the time in France - on the weekends we would travel to different places, like Belgium or somewhere, and all of those longer-distance trains went out of Paris. So I would go early, Saturday morning or the night before, and go visit the Louvre early Saturday before my friends came and we would meet up to catch our train. It got to be a routine for me - hop on the Metro, go see some stuff (I had a student pass) and then head back to the station to meet my friends.
It's a truly enormous place, and well worth seeing either in pixels or in person. If you ever have the opportunity, go.
You need Flash to see it, but it's really cool. You can basically "turn around" in a bunch of rooms, and even look up and down.
There are some paintings where you can't quite see the top, which might make you a little crazy, but overall it gives a great look at this enormous museum and collection. And if you've ever been lucky enough to visit the Louvre, it's really nice to see it again when you don't happen to have a plane ticket handy.
When I was in college I spent part of the time in France - on the weekends we would travel to different places, like Belgium or somewhere, and all of those longer-distance trains went out of Paris. So I would go early, Saturday morning or the night before, and go visit the Louvre early Saturday before my friends came and we would meet up to catch our train. It got to be a routine for me - hop on the Metro, go see some stuff (I had a student pass) and then head back to the station to meet my friends.
It's a truly enormous place, and well worth seeing either in pixels or in person. If you ever have the opportunity, go.
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