Musée d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mainly French art (including works by France based foreign artists) 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 Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum's opening in 1986. It is one of the largest art museums in Europe.

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Key facts

Created

1986

Architect

Victor Laloux

Visitors

1 044 365 visitors in 2021

Location

7th arrondissement of Paris

Official website

www.musee-orsay.fr

What to know

In 2022, the museum had 3.2 million visitors, up from 1.4 million in 2021. It was the sixth-most-visited art museum in the world in 2022, and second-most-visited art museum in France, after the Louvre.

On your route

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Nearby

• château de Versailles, 16.3 km away
• Bastille, 3.2 km away
• Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, 1.9 km away
• palais des Tuileries, 0.4 km away
• palais du Luxembourg, 1.5 km away
• jardin des Tuileries, 0.4 km away
• catacombes de Paris, 2.9 km away
• École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, 0.6 km away

Frequently asked questions

What is there to see near Musée d'Orsay?

Nearby: château de Versailles (16.3 km), Bastille (3.2 km), Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (1.9 km), palais des Tuileries (0.4 km). Each one can become a detour on your route.

How do I buy tickets for Musée d'Orsay?

Tickets for Musée d'Orsay are sold online (Tiqets ticketing, instant confirmation, tickets on your phone). The booking link is on this page.

When was Musée d'Orsay created?

Wikidata gives 1986 as its date of creation or foundation.

How many people visit Musée d'Orsay?

The latest visitor count recorded in Wikidata is 1 044 365 visitors in 2021.

Facts and key figures: the Wikipedia article “Musée d'Orsay” (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0), retrieved on 2026-08-05. Opening hours and prices are deliberately left out: they change too fast to be reliable anywhere but the official website.