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Musee Dorsay (Orsay Museum)

This magnificently restored railway station houses the French national collection of art from 1848 to 1914. Since opening in 1986, the museum has attracted pilgrims from far and wide who come to take in the stunning collection of Impressionist and Post Impressionist art. Paintings include Manet's Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), five Monet canvases of Rouen Cathedral, ballet scenes by Dégas, and works by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec. The museum's restaurant is a finely decorated dining room, preserved in its original state, and popular with its many visitors.

Address: 
62 rue de Lille,
7th,
Paris,
France
Telephone: 
01 4049 4814.
Website: 
www.musee-orsay.fr
Opening times: 

Tues-Sun 0930-1800 (until 2145 on Thurs).

Admission fees: 

Yes (free first Sun of the month)

Disabled access: 
Yes
Unesco: 
Yes

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