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Musee d'Orsay, Paris

4.7
#2 of 3,125 in Museums in France
Must see · Art Museum · Museum
Located in a former Beaux Arts railway station that was constructed around 1900, Musee d'Orsay features the largest collection of impressionist masterpieces in the world. Some of the most notable paintings on view include "Starry Night Over the Rhone,” by Vincent van Gogh, "The Card Players,” by Paul Cézanne, and “L’Absinthe," by Edgar Degas. The majority of the exhibits are French art that dates from 1848 to 1915, including photographs, paintings, furniture, and sculptures. While tours are not offered in English, there is an interactive floor plan in English that you can access to create a personalized, printable tour of your very own. Musee d'Orsay is just one of the many highlights you can arrange to see using our , world travel planner Edition.
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Tours to Musee d'Orsay

FROM $88 BOOK WITH VIATOR Private 2-Hour Guided Tour in Orsay Museum Paris
5.0
Duration: 2 hours
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FROM $179 BOOK WITH VIATOR Paris Your Perfect Day in the City Custom Private Tour
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Duration: 210 to 420 minutes
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FROM $126 BOOK WITH VIATOR Skip-the-line Musée d’Orsay Orsay Museum Guided Tour - Semi-Private 8ppl Max
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Duration: 120 to 150 minutes
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  • By Doug_T_88
    I am a museum geek. Every visit to Paris is not complete until my wife and I visit the d"Orsay. The best collection of impressionist art in Paris under one roof.  more »
  • By Brucelee3
    we were traveling with a group and a guide, we didn’t have to wait to enter this beautiful and very interesting museum showing the riches of France and its capital  more »
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  • By Victoria
    This museum was quite nice. Good layout and diversity of pieces. We got there around 11:30am and maybe waited 10 min in line. They moved the quantity of people quickly and the people working there were nice and polite. They had the art sectioned off so it was easy to walk through and know what you had and had not seen while still moving forward in a full circle. Would recommend to anyone on a trip to Paris.
  • By Laura Neumann
    Worth the lines and crowds (we went on a free day). The museum itself is awesome, and their collection is wonderful. Big name artists as well as others I was not familiar with. Wear comfortable shoes as most of the floors are stone.
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