Musee DOrsay, Paris

Musee DOrsay, Paris (France)

The Muse dOrsay is a museum in Paris France on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare dOrsay a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914 including paintings sculptures furniture and photography. It houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world by painters including Monet Manet Degas Renoir Czanne Seurat Sisley Gauguin and Van Gogh. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museums opening in 1986. It is one of the largest art museums in Europe. Muse dOrsay had more than 3.6 million visitors in 2019.