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VISITING PARIS

THE MUSÉE D'ORSAY

Located on the left bank of the Seine,
in the former Orsay train station built in
1898 by Victor Laloux for the Universal
Exhibition, then reconfigured and
inaugurated in 1986, its collections present
Western paintings and sculptures from
1848 to 1942, as well as decorative arts,
photography and architecture. The Musée
d'Orsay holds and exhibits the largest
collection of Impressionist and post-
impressionist paintings in the world as
well as remarkable symbolist, realist and
academic paintings. More than 5,000
You can find all the information on paintings and drawings make up this
https://parisjetaime.com/ collection, including masterpieces such as
The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia by
Édouard Manet, The Dancer by Degas, The
Origin of the World, A Funeral in Ornans...
MUSEUMS THE LOUVRE MUSEUM
Paris is home to a very large number of The Louvre is today one of the most
museums of all sizes and on all subjects. important museums in the world, and the
most visited. It is also the largest museum
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Monet, Rodin, in Paris, with 210,000 m2. This former royal
Delacroix or Picasso: all the geniuses of palace, residence of the Kings of France
painting are represented in the museums has a long history, from the Capetian kings
of Paris. But art is also prehistory, in the 12th century to the present day...
antiquities from all over the world,
collections of miniatures and precious THE GRAND PALACE
objects, or even the prospects of the
space conquest… Built for the Universal Exhibition, this
great building of glass, metal and stone is
Please note that most Parisian museums located near the Champs-Élysées. It was
are open at weekends but close on the mirror of the 20th century thanks to
Mondays or Tuesdays, as well as on certain the artistic or technical exhibitions that
public holidays. The majority of them are were presented there. Its monumental
open one evening a week. The national glass roof and its 77,000 m2 area host
museums are free on the first Sunday contemporary expressions of artistic,
of the month. Some museums offer free cultural, scientific or technical creativity,
admission on other days of the week... during prestigious exhibitions such as
Monumenta, fashion shows such as those
of Chanel, fairs such as the FIAC, sports
Among the most visited events such as the Saut d'Hermès or the
World Fencing Championships, or even
electronic music concerts…

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