Orsay - Monuments in Paris - Evening tourist attractions in paris

Musée d'Orsay

If you wish, and are in the mood to discover one of the most prestigious historical Parisian monuments, this visit will captivate you : from the building's historical past, to the actual bounty of art pieces in permanent display.

If you happen to be an amateur of "La Grande Époque" (turn of the century Grand Era, from the Romantics, to the Existentialists, and the eclectics), you are in for a good surprise. In the heart of Paris, facing the Seine River, this elegant building's role today is to display a Diversity of Occidental Art of the world ranging from 1848 to 1914.

Its' previous history is as rich as all the Art Treasure it hides under a large Nave in a comfortable and luxurious space where paintings, sculptures, works of art, and photography coexist and are displayed on three breathtaking levels.

In what used to be one of Paris' busiest train stations, a shipping headquarters centre, and finally a movie studio, … are waiting, for what seems to be their last journey, Rodin, Manet, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Carpeaux and so many more Art Pieces, which, with the ever-changing daylight under the glass-vaulted ceiling opens doors to different artistic & intellectual trends, French and foreign, from the second part of the XIX century to the beginning of the XXth century.