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First Thursday Book Discussion

"Adventures in the Louvre"
2025-08-07 12:00:00 2025-08-07 13:00:00 America/Chicago First Thursday Book Discussion Join us to discuss "Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love With the World's Greatest Museum" by Elaine Sciolino. Sciolino immerses the reader in this magical Paris museum space and transforms what can seem like a forbidding fortress into an engrossing world of beauty and culture. Adults. Columbia Public Library - Children's Program Room

Thursday, August 07
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-07 12:00:00 2025-08-07 13:00:00 America/Chicago First Thursday Book Discussion Join us to discuss "Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love With the World's Greatest Museum" by Elaine Sciolino. Sciolino immerses the reader in this magical Paris museum space and transforms what can seem like a forbidding fortress into an engrossing world of beauty and culture. Adults. Columbia Public Library - Children's Program Room

Columbia Public Library

Children's Program Room

Join us to discuss "Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love With the World's Greatest Museum" by Elaine Sciolino. Sciolino immerses the reader in this magical Paris museum space and transforms what can seem like a forbidding fortress into an engrossing world of beauty and culture. Adults.

Blending investigative journalism, travelogue, history and memoir, "Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love With the World's Greatest Museum" by Elaine Sciolino walks readers through the museum's front gates and immerses them in its irresistible, engrossing world of beauty and culture. "Adventures in the Louvre" reveals the secrets of this grand monument of Paris and basks in its timeless, seductive power.

Adults.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Featured | Books & Authors |

TAGS: | Summer Reading | Book Discussion |

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