Overview
Visiting the Louvre with family and kids? A THATMuse treasure hunt is the perfect way to discover one of the biggest and most important art collections in the world. Discover buried secrets and earn bonus points as you examine famous Louvre icons such as the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. Get off the beaten track to some of the museum’s quieter galleries for hidden gems, a welcome relief from the Louvre crowds.
The Louvre has over 35 thousand pieces in the collection, though 80% of visitors go straight to see the Mona Lisa, then leave! A crime, but one easily solved by choosing one of our many specialized themes to send you searching for what you want to see, and amazing treasures you never knew existed!
The idea is simple: compete against each other, or the clock, to photograph your team in front of as many pieces as possible within a given amount of time (90 mins to 2 hrs). A variety of additional THATMuse bonus challenges, from the embarrassing to the illuminating, are embedded in your treasure text, ensuring that hunters read about their treasure — making the hunt educational, fun & interactive!
Themes
Sample clue
THE WEDDING FEAST AT CANA, 1563
Paolo Caliari, aka VERONESE (Verona 1528 – Venice 1588)
16th Century Italian Painting, H6.77M x W9.9M (the biggest painting in the Louvre!)
The Benedictine monks of St Giorgio Maggiore (the Palladian church on the Venetian island of the same name) commissioned Veronese to do this monumental work to decorate their new refectory. Hung at 2.5 meters high, the idea was to give the illusion of extended space. It’s huge — 6 meters by 10 – larger than many Parisian flats! One has to wonder how pure these monks were though, considering the sumptuousness of the 130 fellow diners in this panel. Moreover one wonders how abstinent they were, considering the subject: Christ’s first miracle, when he attended a wedding that was about to run dry, he turned the water to wine, making him everyone’s favorite wedding guest. Filled to the brim with delights, thirty bonus points if you count how many dogs are in this painting and another ten if two of your team get down on all fours and poses like those two dogs in the foreground. And yes this is the room with the highest foot-traffic (80% of 30K people a day!): The Mona Lisa is watching you! Is your pride for sale?
GAME POINTS: 10
Prices
Prices don’t include museum entry tickets.
CLASSIC HUNT: 29€/person
LUXE HUNT: 350€/3 hours for 6 people or fewer, includes extras
GROUP HUNT: contact us for a quote
Extras
THATKid
THATKid is geared to kids of varying ages (from 5 to 13) so one THATKid can be shared between two kids. THATKid is a collection of supplemental exercises for after your hunt. Some require the museum (finding 5 trees in 5 Flemish paintings all in the same room, for instance) while others can be played with later (Michelangelo connect-the-dots, Botticelli spot-the-difference, Mona Lisa sticker puzzle). The idea is to play with treasures kids have seen in the museum from a different angle, taking Louvre treasures with them to a restaurant, on a train ride or at your hotel! This includes an Art History glossary. Kid Packs are automatically offered in Luxe Hunts.
THATKid costs 15€/1 pack, 28€/2 packs, 40€/3 packs
THATRue
THATRue is a street hunt which we have in both the Latin Quarter (3 distinct routes between the Jardin du Luxembourg & St Michel on the Left Bank) and the Marais (3 distinct routes between Place des Vosges & the Pompidou on the Right Bank), all offered in both English and Spanish. One route takes 60 to 90 minutes & can be scheduled to do on your own after your museum hunt. We bring THATRue when we meet you for your museum hunt, but please note THATRue is not sold independently of our museum hunts (we have discontinued our postal/drop off service), unless you have two teams or more and hire us on a luxe-hunt basis. It’s often customized for Hen/Stag/Birthday parties, corporate hunts (the Dutch Embassy sent 70 a-hunting recently) or for school groups (it was originally built for 150 American high school teens who used all three Left Bank routes simultaneously). More THATRue info can be found here.
THATRue costs 20€/1 module, 35€/2 modules, 45€/3 modules
THATRue Harry Potter
THATRue Harry Potter is our newest street hunt, with one key difference: it’s inspired by J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series! Drawing links between Paris & the magical world of the Harry Potter books (& films) this THATRue takes hunters on a 2 hour wander, beginning in the Louvre’s Cour Carrée, and ending at Notre Dame Cathedral. As it starts in the neighbourhood of the Louvre, you’re welcome to do it directly after your THATLou, or to come back another day. Although the Harry Potter THATRue is designed to be inclusive, so that Potterheads and casual fans alike can play (with questions ranging in points and geared to different levels of fandom), please note that at least some basic knowledge of the series is required to be able to answer questions. More THATRue Info can be found here.
THATRue Harry Potter costs 20€ (if sold as a supplement to a museum hunt)
Practical Info
Hours
Opening Hours
Closed Tuesdays, open late Wednesday & Fridays (9 am – 9:45 pm, rooms start closing at 9:15), all other days open 9 am-6 pm (rooms start closing at 5:15)
Hours we recommend
As many don’t know of the late hours on Wednesday & Fridays, the crowds are (relatively!) thinner those afternoon and evenings. With our flexible ticket service you could schedule an afternoon hunt, have dinner in the neighborhood for a museum break and return for a leisurely night wander, perhaps finding remaining treasure as a family, un-competitively! Weekends tend to be more crowded
Tickets
You must buy your tickets online from the Louvre website directly, here, but please only buy them after your hunt has been confirmed (ideally buying them for 30 minutes after our meeting time as explained here). Please note, tickets do sell out, and you need to either print them, or have them available to scan on a mobile, prior to meeting (taking a screenshot of the Louvre’s barcode is advised). Please note that these tickets allow you into the fastest security line (faster than the Museum Passes).
If you’re in Paris for a few days and plan to visit several museums, we’ve also heard wonderful things about the “Paris Museum Pass” which the government tourist board sells here.
Please note that kids under 18 enter free, as do EU Citizens & residents under 26 as long as you bring photo ID. Most ticket booking websites (the Louvre included) will not refund your tickets if you accidentally buy them for the kids, so be sure to only buy the adult tickets you need.
Getting there
Address
75001 Paris, France
Metro
Lines 1 & 7 (Station “Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre”)
Bus Lines
(stop in front of the Pyramid)
21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95 & Open Top
