We've been to Paris twice in the last couple of years and did the Louvre and Orsay. We did use the RS audio tour, but especially in the Louvre I found it unsatisfying. We are doing the 7 days in Paris tour in October (2024) and I want to explore finding a personal guide for inside the museums, especially someone who knows art (of course!).
I'm interested in suggestions if you have used such a guide and were satisfied. Thanks!
The RS France and Paris books suggests a few local guides in Paris. On a RS tour a few years ago that went thru Paris we used a local guide in the Louvre, not the RS guide. Unfortunately I didn't write her name down. I looked up your tour and am a bit surprised they don't use a guide for the Louvre anymore, you just walk thru with the RS audio app. I bet if you call the RS office they can tell you the guides they used to use in the museum.
Paris Walks offers a small group Louvre tour, look here on this page or click on "Summer Walks" in the left-hand menu. I believe it is Friday evenings.
https://paris-walks.com/summer-walks_m.html
Then you can go to "This Month's Walks and Next" - they already have posted the schedule there for October, which you can download.
We had a terrific personal and private tour with Paris Muse a few years ago. We met her late in the day, about 4pm, as I recall, so hit the museum when it wasn’t too crazy. She promised two hours but I think it was closer to three and with a private guide, it was possible to customize a little and focus on your areas of interest, move faster or slower in some galleries, etc.
I can recommend Florent Cardinaux. He is an excellent guide. His Fb page is PariswithFlo. He is recommended by Rick Steves too. I have done a number of tours with him, including the Louvre.
