Musée d'Orsay
France · founded 1986
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mainly French art (including works by France based foreign artists) dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography.
- Visitors a year
- 3.8MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1986Founded
What to see
L'Origine du monde
Gustave Courbet, 1866.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Luncheon on the Grass
Édouard Manet, 1863.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Bal du moulin de la Galette
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Olympia
Édouard Manet, 1863.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Church at Auvers
Vincent van Gogh, 1890.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Birth of Venus
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1879.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.musee-orsay.fr before you travel.
Getting there
.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
Put art like this on your wall
Momentable streams public-domain art from museums around the world to your TV, phone, or tablet. Free to start.