Musee d'Orsay
Musee d'Orsay Reviews
Musee d'Orsay Jan 26, 2009
This is a wonderful old railway station turned into a museum. It features 19th century art, including Europe's greatest Impressionalist Collection. 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 Pass; closed Mondays & crowded on Tuesdays (when the Louvre is closed). You can see this museum's wonderful offerings comfortably in 2 to 3 hours; it is not overwhelming like the Louvre. Photography (without flash) is permitted. Hundreds of pieces of artwork, paintings & sculpture, show-cased in a converted railway station. All the famous (& notorious) artists are represented here: Jean-Francois Millet, Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Auguste Rodin & his muse, Camille Claudel; WOW!
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Musee d'Orsay Jul 19, 2008
Although the Lourve is cleary the most well known of Paris's museums, I was ready to go after seeing the Mona Lisa. As someone who likes art, but not the tediousness of having to groom through miles of gallery walls to find something I like, I prefer smaller, more organized museums like Musee d'Orsay (The Orsay Museum).
The museum houses mainly paintings, but also has a nice collection of sculpted art, some of which are by Rodin. One of the things I like best about this museum is it's layout. I love when things are catalogued, and here the paintings are displayed by artist, so if you just want to see,for example, Van Gogh and Renoir, you can easily bypass the rest, see want interests you and then move on to whatever's next on your intinery. The museum can get busy, particulary, around Van Gogh's work, and my advise to this is be patient - stand back and allow those in front of you to finish 'appreciating'. I had people elbow me to get through and it was extremely irritating! Expect queues during peak periods (summer ect...) although immediate entry is granted to those with 'The Paris Pass'. |
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Impressionist art in a transformed Paris train station Jan 02, 2007
Located across the Seine river from the Louvre this museum holds an outstanding collection of art. These works largly center around the Impressionists and post-Impressionists.
Spend a full day and don't miss my favorites: By Renoir: Moulin de la Galette The Country Dance By Degas: Dancers The Star L’Absinthe By Monet: Haystacks at the End of Summer Celebration of June 30, 1878 by Monet Blue Water Lilies Rouen Cathedral (of which there are 5) By Van Gogh: The Siesta The Church at Auvers Starry Night Over the Rhone and of course Whistler's Mother! Part of the Europe Winter 2006/2007 travel blog |
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Nov 19, 2004
Located on the left bank, an old train station was turned into the Orsay Museum, an art museum for mostly French art, including Renoir and Monet. The Orsay is not as big as its better known museum neighbor on the other side of the Seine, but a great collection and a unique setting.
Part of the Paris and Normandy 2004 travel blog |
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Musee d'Orsay Blogs
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Dec 20, 2008
Musee d’Orsay Musee Rodin Musee National Picasso Montmartre Sacre Coeur Place Vendome Quartier Latin l’Orangerie Centre Pompidou Jardin du Luxembourg I have done very little research and know very little French. I am, however, armed with a Frommer’s Paris 2008 Guide Book… 3 Days in Paris |
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Apr 06, 2009
That is the main difference
between the Louvre and Musee D’Orsay, which is why I liked Musee D’Orsay a bit
more. After the Louvre we walked down
Champs Elysees for more shopping and later headed over to dinner in the Tour
Eiffel area. The food here was
amazing. After… Weekend in Paris |
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Jul 26, 2005
On Thursday, the two highlights were Musee d’Orsay and going out that
night. Musee d’Orsay has got to be my most favorite museum. It has most of my
favorite kind of art…Impressionists, Pointillism, Premodern, etc… I spent a lot
of time at the fifth floor looking at my favorite… Seriously, NEVER a dull moment! |
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Jul 28, 2007
All sorted - we headed for our first proper tourist stop - Musee D'Orsay. We have quickly learned that being lost in Paris is not unwelcome so a few extra twists in our journey allowed us to soak in a number of additional sights - Opera Garnier, wandering past Musee Du Louvre. It was amazing to wander… Culture Vultures |
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Oct 18, 2005
The Musee d'Orsay was once a train station. Scheduled for demolition, it was saved at the last minute and houses a great collection of paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, etc. During this trip, I was constantly amazed by the size of many of the canvases… Musee d'Orsay and Eiffel Tower |
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