Little Louvre. The Louvre Museum for Children

Last updated on 12 May 2026

I discover the Petit Louvre, a site and an application that put the Louvre Museum at the height of children. A great idea and a beautiful achievement that leaves a little taste of unfinished but remains a great resource to arouse the artistic curiosity of the youngest.

Petit Louvre is a website to consult on computer. But it also adapts wonderfully to a consultation on a tablet or smartphone. Perfectly responsive, you just need to open a browser. No need to download a dedicated application. Petit Louvre offers the Louvre Museum for children through a series of stories, podcasts, storytelling and colouring pages. Follow the guide.

The Louvre Museum for children through a joyful and colorful site

Designed to be consulted in mobility, Petit Louvre offers a simple but effective ergonomics to make it accessible to the youngest. The headings are available in the form of large maps offering the various possible entries.  Stories from the Louvre invite you to discover some famous stories around the palis du Louvre. Animated stories beautifully illustrated by cartoonist François Place. Short, well-written stories that you look at, listen to and read through the transcript of history.

You also have access to seasonal stories, there are only two at the moment and podcasts made by France Inter. The program also includes a series of coloring pages with templates to download and print.

A beautiful gallery of Louvre works explained to children

This is my favourite section in this nice guide for children. There are about 20 works on offer. Paintings but also objects put into perspective in very complete sheets offering the small and big story behind each of them. Photos, drawings, animations and anecdotes allow you to discover some of the pieces in the aisles of the Parisian museum.

Each of them also includes the precise location of the work in the museum. This will allow when we have the chance to return one day to prepare the visit with the youngest.

Petit Louvre is a beautiful discovery. I'm a fan.

It is a beautiful treasure chest that we would like to see regularly filled with new stories, new resources. In short, we would like to see the little Louvre grow in the coming weeks and months. The site is completely free.

If all this has made you want to visit museums while waiting to be able to return, do not miss these 10 Virtual Tours in the Biggest Museums of the world.