Musée d'Orsay
#9🖼️ Art & EncyclopedicParis, France

Musée d'Orsay

Impressionism in a Beaux-Arts railway station

About the museum

Housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, this museum is the definitive home of French art from 1848 to 1914 — bridging the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou chronologically.

Must-see highlights

  • ◆Bal du moulin de la Galette (Renoir)
  • ◆Olympia (Manet)
  • ◆Self-portrait (Van Gogh)
  • ◆Whistler's Mother
  • ◆Impressionist galleries
  • ◆Clock window view

Recognition

🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice

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