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Museum with collections reflecting the diversity of artistic creation in the Western world from 1848 to 1914, to visit in Orsay.
Opened in 1986, this not-to-be-missed Parisian museum is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay (terminus of the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans), designed at the time to welcome visitors and foreign delegations to the 1900 Universal Exhibition. A work of art in itself, the station replaced the Palais d'Orsay, burnt down in 1871 during the Commune.
The Musée d'Orsay collections reflect the full diversity of artistic creation in the Western world from 1848 to 1914. Spread over five levels around a monumental central space, the visit begins on the first floor with the beginnings of Impressionist painting and its main figures: Monet, Renoir, Degas (before 1870), Courbet, Millet and other currents such as Realism and Academism. On the second level, whose interior balconies provide the ideal setting for a magical sculpture terrace, you continue your chronological advance: early 20th-century modern decors, the Marcie-Rivière collection, a selection of paintings dedicated to various currents (Orientalism, Symbolism or Naturalism). Art nouveau from Europe and the United States can be discovered in the Pavillon Amont.
Your visit ends on the top level, with works by Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet and Pissarro, grouped together in the "From Impressionism to Neo-Impressionism" area, and a permanent exhibition dedicated to Post-Impressionism. Of course, the museum also offers lectures, workshops and events.
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Closed January 1, May 1 and December 25. Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday to Sunday, 9:30am to 6pm; Thursday, 9:30am to 9:45pm. Groups admitted by reservation only. Free admission for children under 17. Adults: €14 (on site, €16 online; concessions: €11). Free for disabled persons and accompanying adults. Guided tour for adults: €26. Tourism & Handicap label. Children welcome. Guided tour. Restaurant. Gift store. Entertainment.
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Le musée d'Orsay n'en reste pas moins une super musée rempli de chefs d'œuvres (que l'on a parfois du mal à voir et apprécier à cause de la foule).