Paris Attractions
Musée d'Orsay © Paris Tourist Office - David Lefranc
Musée d'Orsay
This great museum is fairly new by Paris standards. It is
situated in a railway station by the Seine and houses a vast
collection of works from the significant 1848 to 1914 period. There
are important works from the Art-Nouveau movement but the Orsay is
best known for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. The
collection is arranged chronologically and contains highly regarded
works by Monet, Manet and Courbet. Also on permanent display is the
famous painting by Gustave Doré entitled
L'énigme and Henri Chapu's marble statue of
Joan
of Arc in Domrémy.
Address: Entrances on Rue de la Légion d'Honneur and Rue de Bellechasse;
Website: www.musee-orsay.fr;
Telephone: (01) 4049 4814, or 4549 1111 (recorded information);
Transport: RER Musée d'Orsay; Métro Solférino; bus 24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84 or 94;
Opening time: Tuesday to Sunday 9.30am to 6pm (closing 9.45 on Thursday); closed Mondays;
Admission: €8; free for under 18s
