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Musee d'Orsay


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 798 attractions in Paris
Traveller Description: Musee d'Orsay picks up where the Louvre leaves off, featuring French art from the mid 1800s to the 1st World War.  The Orsay is covered by the Museum... more »
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Attraction type: Art gallery, Art gallery, Architectural building, Museum
Activities: Dining
Address: 62, rue de Lille 75343 Paris
France
Tel: 33 01 40 49 48 14
Fax: 33 01 42 22 71 61

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5 of 5 stars
Toronto
30 Nov 2009

As an architecture student, I definitely appreciated the appropriation of a train station into an art gallery. The beautiful industrial steel and additions they did were amazing. They made a conscience effort to hide all staircases and escalators behind translucent glazed panels, so you'd only see shadows of movements, and thus keeping a fairly large open gallery space on the... more

21 Nov 2009

This museum was incredible and I don't even like museums. The art, history, and culture was invigorating. If you are a history or art buff t hen this is the place for you. Remember to use the museum pass, it is defiantly worth the money. more

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5 of 5 stars
Annapolis MD
16 Nov 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

This museum is on everyone's top ten in Paris, but are the mid-day concerts? We have experienced highly professional talent as a midpoint in our tour of the museum each time we have been in Paris. Buy the concert ticket as you enter in the morning, visit for an hour or so, go sous-sol for the concert, then finish your... more

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5 of 5 stars
Alloa, Scotland
8 Nov 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

For a Monet lover, this is sheer heaven! Couldn't help myself, was overcome with emotion when I saw the Waterlillies for the first time. The waterlily collection is in the first two rooms & are huge, one per wall. We went early on the free Sunday morning, so the queues weren't too long. Be prepared though, no flash photography &... more

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5 of 5 stars
Bellingham, Washington
20 Oct 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

The impressionists Mecca. A former train station by the Seine and now a world class museum housing primarily the French art of the 1800's. Collections of Manet, Renoir, Degas, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Monet, Latrec abound. Almost demolished in the 1970's, then remodeled and turned into one of the foremost museums in France. A much easier museum to navigate than... more

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5 of 5 stars
west sussex
19 Oct 2009

Beware the d'O is closed on Mondays. The exhibits are as wonderful as ever and well worth the 10 euro entry price. The new guide is as obscure as the last and getting from one section to the next is as difficult as being in a maze. I appreciate that signs need to be discrete so as not to detract... more

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5 of 5 stars
kcbenz34
17 Sep 2009

Now I'm not a museum person, I LOVED the Musee D'Orsay! First of all, the building (an old train station) was amazing all in itself, and the collection is full of great artists, paintings (that even I had seen before!), and it's interesting and a good size (even for me). For as large and intimidating and tiring as the Louvre... more

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5 of 5 stars
New York City
17 Sep 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

You gotta check this amazing museum out! more

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4 of 5 stars
Canberra
7 Aug 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

Great collection, totally different to what you find in the Louvre so don't give it a miss just because you've already done the Louvre. The only problem is that it can be tough to find your way around with the hidden escalators and the like. more

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5 of 5 stars
South Jersey
1 Aug 2009
2/3 found this review helpful

After having gotten lost in the Louvre, we were still determined to attempt another art museum with our teenagers. The Musee d'Orsay did not disappoint! We went right up to the Impressionist floor (it closes earlier than the other floors) and followed the logical lay-out (thank goodness!). What beautiful displays! The rooms were clearly marked, there were plenty of seats... more

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Musee d'Orsay Address

62, rue de Lille, 75343 Paris, France
Tel: 33 01 40 49 48 14 Fax: 33 01 42 22 71 61