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A walker ambles past the Louvre on a clear Paris evening -- no backpack to carry and money safe in front pocket. (Photo courtesy Ilene Perlman.)
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A visitor studies "The Raft of the Medusa" by Theodore Gericault with the help of the new audio guide at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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A visitor views a sculpture at the Louvre Museum in Paris with the help of the new audio guide on Thursday. The famed Paris museum is going 3D visual with its electronic guides in a deal with Japan's Nintendo to provide game consoles to help visitors who navigate its labyrinthine halls by the millions each year. (Associated Press)
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The new audio guide for the Louvre museum is available in seven languages and comes with a headset. It costs $6.50 on top of the museum's standard admission. (Associated Press)
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Louvre museum in Paris. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Celebrated American painter Cy Twombly, whose large-scale paintings featuring scribbles, graffiti and unusual materials fetched millions at auction, arrives at the Louvre in Paris in March 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
