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Another incredible collection of Art, my favourite of course Third floor with all the impressionist and post impressionists.
Also some Manets on ground floor deserved the visit.
It is closed on Mondays and opens on Thursdays till late, and you can use the Paris Museum Card.
Do not go first thing in the morning as the queues are massive, go a little later and you will find that is easier to enter, or at least it was easier for us....
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There are a lot of museums in Paris and most everyone heads to the Louvre on their first visit. But if you have time for more than one musuem, or you're in Paris for a repeat visit, I highly recommend the Musee d'Orsay.
The Musee d'Orsay is located in a converted train station. The physical space is quite impressive: tall ceilings made of windows, a light, airy and open feeling-- and most of all, the great clock that dominates the wall at the south end of the building. It is an excellent and inviting place to view art.
Musee d'Orsay is dedicated to 19th Century art, including a large collection of Impressionist paintings, sculpture, photography, graphic art and some abtract works. There are some wonderful pieces here, and Musee d' Orsay is not as large (or overwhelming?) as the Louvre. You don't need to spend all day here to see the collection. I highly recommend a visit to this musuem while in Paris. Leave a Comment
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...is the Musée d'Orsay. Not so famous for the normal man on the street, but still much better than Louvre.
After three quite boring hours at the Louvre I got back to my appartment, and my by then-girlfriend told me that I should go to Musée d'Orsay instead, since that was a better one...
Since I kind of liked her I didn't dare to tell her that I maybe would have prefered a guided tour at the football-stadium instead of another boring museum... But, needless to say, today I don't regret I went to the museum instead!
My favorite-part was the photo-exhibition, just hope for your sake it wasn't just a temporary one. Lots of really old photos, from Paris, from landscapes, from other parts of the world. Really nice to see photos that are more than 100 years old.
The museum is huge, and I suppose I'm not the only one who has got lost in there...
But I have to say that I prefered the upper level, with paintings by Monet, Van Gogh, Gaugain and Manet. Leave a Comment Address: 62 rue de LillePhone: 01 40 49 48 48Directions: As everything important in Paris the musée is close to the Seine. Remember that there are different entrances for individuals and groups.Website: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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At around noon we headed back and too another train to the Museum D'Orsay. The Orsay used to be a train terminal and it still looks that way: Curved roof, gigantic clock and lots of room. The Louvre moved a few of their collections to the Orsay since they were running out of room (hard to imagine). My favorite pieces were
Van Goh's self portrait and "The Origin of the World" by Courbet. The Orsay was awesome. I liked the layout and the scale. If you are in Paris, don't miss this museum.
Some of the highlighs are works by Manet, Degas, Rodin, Courbet, Van Goh, Cabanel, Ghaughin, Seurat and others. Leave a Comment
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It's quite difficult to decide what is the most wonderful part about this museum - the artwork or the facility. The Impressionist exhibit is wonderful showing artists such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas. Don't ignore the lower levels of the museum, though; there are some wonderful sculptures as well as Rodin's plaster of The Gates of Hell. The facility itself is a former train station (Gare d'Orsay) that the French decided to keep instead of tearing down - a wise choice in my humble opinion! The grandeur of the large clock is one part of the museum that is awe-inspiring in itself. Give yourself some time to explore this museum in its entirety, instead of skipping to the Impressionists as the bulk of its visitors do - which should tell you all about the exhibit - a veritable feast for the eyes that anyone can appreciate. I highly recommend this museum, too, even with a short stay in Paris. Leave a Comment
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Obviously, in order to love this museum the way I love it, you must adore the Impressionists as well.
Since I started painting on my own, I noticed that the technique I love most is the Impressionism.
Everytime I go to Paris I go to the Musée D'Orsay. It's impposible not to drop by and enjoy every piece of painting made by these incredible guys!!!! Leave a Comment Address: 1, rue de Bellechasse, 62, rue de Lille, 75343 ParPhone: +33 (0)1 53 63 04 50Directions: by the Seine river( Antatole France Quay), in front of "les jardin des Tuileries"Website: http://www.Musee-Orsay.fr/
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During the 19th century, two buildings stood upon the site of the future Musee D'Orsay: the Cavalry barracks and the Palais d'Orsay, built between 1810 and 1838. During the violence of what is known as La Commune in 1871, the entire neighbourhood was burnt down. For thirty years the carbonized ruins of the Palais d'Orsay served as reminders of the horrors of civil war.
On the eve of the 1900 World Fair, the French government ceded the land to the Orleans railroad company who planned to build a more central terminus station and a hotel on the site of the ruined Palais d'Orsay. From 1900 to 1939, Orsay station was the head of the southwestern French railroad network. The hotel received numerous travellers in addition to welcoming associations and political parties for their banquets and meetings. However, after 1939, the station was to serve only the suburbs, as its platforms had become too short for the longer more modern trains.
The Orsay station then successively served different purposes : it was a mailing centre for sending packages to prisoners of war during the Second World War, then a welcome centre for those same prisoners after the Liberation. It was also used as a set for several films. The hotel closed its doors on January 1st, 1973, not without having played a historic role : the General de Gaulle held the press conference announcing his return to power in its ballroom (the Salle des Fêtes).
In 1975, the Direction des Musées de France already envisioned installing a new museum in the train station, in which all of the arts from the second half of the 19th century would be represented. The President of the Republic, François Mitterrand, inaugurated the new museum on December 1st, 1986, and it opened to the public on December 9th. Leave a Comment Address: 62, rue de LillePhone: +33 (0)1 40 49 48 14Directions: Buses: 24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84, and 94 Métro: line 12, Solférino station RER: line C, Musée d'Orsay stationWebsite: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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The Gare D'Orsay was built in 1898 for the onslaught of trains expected for the 190o World's Fair (remember La Tour Eiffel) but eventually abandoned in the 1960s when the platforms proved too short for modern trains. Orson Welles shot scenes from "The Trial" in the vacant space before the station was reopened in 1986 as a museum. The interior is full of post-modern architecture. If time is limited, the gift shop sells the "Guide for Visitors in a Hurry."
A spectacular collection of art produced between 1848 where the Louvre ends and 1908 where the Pompidou picks up. Much of the work created during this time was French and mostly Impressionist. The Orsay is not just an Impressionism museum, much more was happening during this period. The rise and fall of literary salons and the creation of the avant garde movement occured. This is the place to see van Gogh, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Renior. Leave a Comment Address: 1 rue de Bellechasse or 62 rue de LilleDirections: On the Left Bank, on the banks of the Seine.Website: www.musee-orsay.fr
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There is quite a collection of sculpture here among other art forms. The building was previously a train station in the early 1900s. It fell into disrepair because it was not big enough to service the growing rail industry but was rescued in the 1970s from demolition. And in 1986 it opened as a museum. It was meant to represent all art from the period from 1848 to 1914. Leave a Comment Address: 1, rue de BellechasseDirections: Metro: Solferino, or the Musee d'Orsay stop on the RER BWebsite: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Built in 1900, the Orsay was originally the Orleans train station. After it was abandoned and nearly torn down they transformed this building into a first-rate museum.
Some of this artwork that is viewed here was once in the Louvre, then sent to the Jeu de Paume art museum at the end of the Tullelries. I had seen some of the Impressionist work at the Jeu de Paume, but here in the Orsay it has a better home. The Orsay is 102 foot high by 450 feet in the main hall with great use of glass to light all the exhibits.
The museum is devoted to all art forms from the second half of the 19th century (painting, sculpture, architecture, music and items from everyday life). Significant Impressionist and neo-impressionist works are on display, as well as the creations from the more conservative academic school that was also known as Pompier in France.
Displayed on the ground floor, are earlier works devoted to sculpture with Dance. The hall has two rows of smaller rooms which are filled with works by Daumier, Millet, Rousseau, and Corot. In the last room, you can find such works by Courbet. And if you like Monet, there is a room dedicated to him. Other artists present are Bazille, Delacroix, Degas and Gustave Moreau. On the second floor you can see such popular art of the nineteenth century and rooms with furniture and decoration by Monet, Pissaro, Renoir, Degas, Sisley and Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec.
How to get there
Metro line 12: Solférino, Assemblée Nationale
Bus : 24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84, 94.
RER C : Musée d'Orsay
Opening
Tuesday to Sunday open 10AM - 6PM
Tursday open until 9.45PM
Sunday : 9AM-6PM.
Closed on Mondays, 1st January, 1str May, 25th December.
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