(Set) Museum Masterpieces: The Metropolitan Museum of Art & The Louvre

(Set) Museum Masterpieces: The Metropolitan Museum of Art & The Louvre

(Set) Museum Masterpieces: The Metropolitan Museum of Art & The Louvre

Tour two of the world's greatest art museums with an expert art historian. Museum Masterpieces: The Metropolitan Museum of Art takes you through the diverse departments and collections of New York City's iconic art museum. Museum Masterpieces: The Louvre provides you with a comprehensive overview of this museum's history and some of the masterpieces contained in its collection of European paintings.

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