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Orsay Museum, Paris Impressionist Museum

Visit Paris Impressionist Museum

Housed in 1900 Orsay train station, the Orsay Museum is the Impressionist Museum of Paris.

The Orsay Museum is a must for art lovers. Its impressionist collections are worth the trip to Paris.

Optimize your visit. Come early, off season and buy a Museum pass to avoid the queue. Stay on the left bank at walking distance to Orsay Museum.

The Orsay museum
Orsay Museum

Champ de coquelicots by Claude Monet - Orsay museum
Champ de coquelicots - Claude Monet - Orsay Museum
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History of Orsay Museum

Built in 1900, the beautiful Gare d'Orsay was one of Paris main stations with trains to Bordeaux.  it has been spectacularly renovated  from 1977 to 1986 to host the Orsay Museum

History of Impressionism

The Impressionism was a French painting school in the second half of the 19th century, including Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh.

Chambre de Vincent a Arles by Van Gogh - Orsay museum
Chambre de Vincent, Van Gogh - Orsay Museum

The impressionist style

The impressionists painted people in the open air. They rejected the tradition of historical and mythological subjects and used light colors.

They are famous for abandonning the tradition of reproducing the real world. They used color spots and strokes to suggest an impression of the real world, only perceivable at a distance.

Information on Orsay Museum

Musee d'Orsay
1, Rue de Bellechasse 75007 Paris
Tel: 33 (0)1 40 49 48 14

The Orsay museum Metro station Solferino
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Open Tuesdays to Sundays 9.30am to 6pm (9.45 on Thursdays). Web site. Buy tickets online.

Orsay museum
Orsay Museum

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