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These are just a few of the facts thrillingly recounted in 'Adventures in the Louvre.' Sciolino’s mission, she says, is to explain the museum’s origins and the secrets behind its enduring allure. With what emerges as genuine curiosity and fervor, she describes the museum’s “trio of superstars”—the Mona Lisa, the marble statue of Nike, and, of course, Venus de Milo.