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The Musée d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin and Van Gogh. The museum building was originally a railway station. By 1939 the station's short platforms had become unsuitable for the longer trains. In 1970, permission was granted to demolish the station but Minister for Cultural Affairs, ruled against plans to build a new hotel in its stead. The station was put on the supplementary list of Historic Monuments and finally listed in 1978. The suggestion to turn the station into a museum came from the Directorate of the Museums of France. In 1981, the Italian architect, Gae Aulenti was chosen to design the interior including the internal arrangement, decoration, furniture and fittings of the museum. Finally in July 1986, the museum was ready to receive its exhibits. It took 6 months to install the 2000 or so paintings, 600 sculptures and other works. The museum officially opened in December 1986.

Paintings that you can find there Notre Dame de Paris Jean-François Raffaëlli The Place of Saint jean in Nemours Jean Francois Raffaelli After the Rain Armand Guillaumin La Place Valhubert Armand Guillaumin

Portrait of Mademoiselle L. L. James Tissot PORTRAIT OF MRS. CROSS HENRI-EDMOND CROSS

View of the Observatory Quarter Maximilien Luce Father and Daughter John Lavery Women in the Garden Claude Monet In The Norvegienne Boat At Giverny Claude Monet