Musée d’Orsay: Home to French Impressionist Paintings - Paris Museum

Located on the left bank of Seine River, Musée d’Orsay is one of famous museums in Paris, France. Taking place in a former railway station, Gare d’Orsay which was built in 1898 to 1900, the museum is home to numerous French sculptures, furniture, paintings, and photography produced between 1848 to 1914. The highlights of Musée d’Orsay’s collection are its impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces by high-acclaimed painters such as Monet, Van Gogh, Ingres, Degas, Renoir, Manet, Cézanne, Sisley, Delacroix, Seurat, and Gauguin.
History of Musée d’Orsay establishment