Musée d'Orsay

1 Rue de la Legion d'Honneur - Tel: 01- 4049 4814

One of the most popular and most visited Paris museums is the d'Orsay Museum which is housed in an old train station. This wonderful Paris museum has one of the most interesting art collections in the world.

If you would like to visit this splendid museum in Paris then please note that daily from 10:00 until 18:00.

The Musée d'Orsay is situated on the left bank of the River Seine. It holds mainly French art from 1848 to 1914: paintings, sculptures, furniture, objets d'art and photography.

The building was originally a railway station, built in 1900 by Victor Laloux, and served as a terminus for the Paris-Orléans railway. It was known as Gare d'Orsay. It closed in 1939, was classed as a historical monument in 1978, and re-opened as a museum in December 1986, bringing together collections from the Louvre, the Musée du Jeu de Paume and the Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Centre Georges Pompidou.

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