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One of my favorite museums in Paris, the Musee d'Orsay is set inside a turn-of-the-century railroad station. Inside you wil find thousands of oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, sculptures, items of furniture, etc.
Closed on Mondays.
Admission Prices: 7.5 to 9 Euros.
FREE ACCESS FOR EVERYONE ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH. Leave a Comment Address: 62 rue de Lille/1 rue de BellechasseDirections: Metro: Line 12, Solferino. RER: Line C, Musee-d'Orsay. 7th arrondissement. Bus Lines: 24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84 & 94Website: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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You could spend half a day queing for the Louvre and the other half trying to find the Mona Lisa. Instead, I'd recommend visiting the Musee D'Orsay. It houses arts from the late 19th/early 20th century period, with a superb impressionist collection. The building itself is very nice. Once a railway station, it re-opened as a museum in 1986. Leave a Comment
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If you are not impresed by the collection here you will definitely be impressed with the building. The Orsay is housed in a former train station built in 1900. When I looked down to snap this picture I tried to envision this place as it might have been back in the early 1900's. Natural light flows in from almost every corner. I have never seen so many familiar paintings gathered in one place. I was truly moved by the collection of Degas.
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This is my favourite museum in Paris. The collections are brilliant, it is small enough to wander round and see everything and the building is amazing - it is an old train station.
There is a restaurant in the old waiting room which has lovely painted ceilings, huge mirrors and chandeliers and is not too much of a rip off!
It is free to get in on the first Sunday of every month and if you want to avoid the inevitable queue, if you have a museum pass you will go straight to the front, don't be afraid to ask. Leave a Comment
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I know there must be a joke in there somewhere.
Anyway, one of the artists who really sums up the Parisien spirit, especailly the bohemian lifestyle of the early part of the 20th century was Toulouse- Lautrec. He lost one leg in an accident at age 12 - and then the other two years later ! This meant his legs stopped growing from then on.
Such little things (sorry for that heightest comment) didn't stop him enjoying life to the full. He was often to be found in the Moulin Rouge and other such establishments with a large glass of wine in one hand and a sketching pad in the other. He would then develop his drawings in the studio the next day.
His was truely a life given over to wine, women and song - the lucky bastard.
Several of his painting were re-worked to be used as advertisments for the Moulin rouge, whilst man of his intimate portraits hang in galleries around the world. Some of the best are still to be found in the Musee d'Orsay - don't miss 'em. Leave a Comment
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As with the Louvre, the Musee D'Orsay is best seen first thing in the morning. I was alone with Monet and Van Gogh for much of the time I was in there. I could really get up close and personal and enjoy the colors of the Monets and the long brush strokes of Van Gogh. I really enjoyed the Van Goghs - probably 'cause he was crazy. Impressionist art is abound here. Enjoy!
There are also some really great sculptures including the one by Camille Claudel. There's a young girl trying to hold on to an older man (her mentor and lover Rodin?) who is with an older woman. Appartently, she was the young girl. Rodin has a few in there, too, that shows his greatness.
What separates D'Orsay from the Louvre, however, is it's relatively compact size. It's manageable in a few hours and the wide open floorplan from being a transformed train station gives you the space needed to breathe when the hordes start piling in. Leave a Comment
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In my opinion, better than the Lourve. Maybe since it's more than managable in a short day. It's really all about the amazing old train station it's housed in. A piece of art itself.
Off the main room there are small rooms arranged by period. Finding your way around is a breeze. And the open space makes if feel less like a museum and more like an open air concert venue. I highly recomend this museum. Leave a Comment
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D'Orsay, as a plan of the museum, was more comfortable compare to Louvre.. I feel no need to tell about the masterpieces inside, they must be seen.. Just a funny happenstance that, whilst we were at Van Gogh's room and watching the pictures with great enthusiasm... Lo suddenly came towards me and told that maybe there is a VIP in the hall.. Don't look at it now, hush hush.. After a while I've turned back and has seen an old lady but just after her I've seen Christina Aguilera with his bodyguard and a French guide. (Bodyguard was 3 times her!) Leave a Comment
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The Louvre always strikes me as rather a poor choice for an Art Gallery, it was of course built as palace, and was never meant to be trampled over by millions of tourist's feet.
Indeed this was recognised by the 'grand projet' which inserted Pei's pyramid and underground area to unify the site. Despite this it is still the case that at any given time 20% of visitors are queueing outside the pyramid, 79% are looking at the Mona Lisa and the last 1% are actually in the rest of the museum.
In contrast, at the Orsay, there are still queues outside, but inside the crowds seem to mill about all over the place - and it rarely feels very crowded.
This is due to, in no small part, to the the fact that the building was from the beginning of the 20th Century until WW2 the mainline Railway terminal of South-western France.
The building is a marvel in itself, it had to be so 'grand' to fit in with it's close neighbours.
The museum covers quite narrow timeframe in terms of art (1848-1914)- but that impressionist period encapsulates that great period of artistic flowing - that happened with particular intensity in Paris. Leave a Comment
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This was one of the highlights of my trip. One of the thinigs I appreciate the most about my travels to Europe is being able to see the art not only in museums but in architecture too. The d'Orsy is located one of the original train stations of Paris. It's a magnificent building that houses some of the worlds most magnicent paintings. If you want to see Manet or Monet's work in person, this should be on your list of places to visit while in Paris. Leave a Comment
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