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Orsay Museum

The Musée d'Orsay occupies the former Orsay railway station, a Beaux-Arts building constructed for the 1900 Exposition Universelle and converted into a museum in 1986. Its three floors run chronologically through art from 1848 to 1914, with Realist, Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Symbolist painting, as well as sculpture, decorative arts, photography and architecture. The central nave, which once housed the platforms, displays 19th-century sculptures. Among the most notable works are Manet's 'Luncheon on the Grass' and 'Olympia', Renoir's 'Bal du moulin de la Galette', Courbet's 'The Origin of the World', Degas's 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen' and five paintings from Monet's Rouen Cathedral series. The collection also includes works by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, Pissarro, Sisley, Morisot and sculptures by Rodin and Camille Claudel, among others.

Things to do at Orsay Museum: 30 missions

• Take in Misia at Her Dressing TableLook at the work Misia at Her Dressing Table by Félix Vallotton in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Card Players at the Musée d'OrsayLook at the work The Card Players on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Harvest at the Musée d'OrsayLook at this painting by Charles-François Daubigny titled The Harvest in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Garden of Doctor Gachet at AuversLook at this painting of a garden on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in Proletarian LodgingsLook at this work by Eugène Jansson in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in Apples and Oranges at the Musée d'OrsayLook at the work Apples and Oranges by Paul Cézanne on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Origin of the WorldAdmire the work The Origin of the World at the museum.
• Take in the Still Life with Fruit at the Musée d'OrsayLook at this still-life painting of fruit on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in Starry Night at the Musée d'OrsayLook at the work Starry Night on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in Boating Party at the Musée d'OrsayLook at the work Boating Party on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in La Danse at the Musée d'OrsayLook at this work on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in CalibanLook at the painting Caliban by Odilon Redon in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Young Mother, also known as CharityLook at the work The Young Mother, also known as Charity, in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The House of the Hanged Man at the Musée d'OrsayLook at the work The House of the Hanged Man on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Look at Renoir's Bal du moulin de la GaletteLook at the work Dance at the Moulin de la Galette by Renoir in the museum.
• Take in Café-Concert at Les AmbassadeursLook at the pastel Café-Concert at Les Ambassadeurs in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in Breslau's Portrait of Henry DavisonLook at this painting by Louise Catherine Breslau on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in L'ArlésienneLook at the painting L'Arlésienne by Vincent van Gogh in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Look at Bazille's The Family ReunionLook at The Family Reunion among the six paintings by Frédéric Bazille.
• Take in the Portrait of Gustave Geffroy at the Musée d'OrsayLook at the work Portrait of Gustave Geffroy on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in the View of the Palace of Versailles and the OrangerieLook at the work View of the Palace of Versailles and the Orangerie in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in the Portrait of Doctor Gachet at the Musée d'OrsayLook at the Portrait of Doctor Gachet on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The GleanersLook at the painting The Gleaners in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Improvised Field HospitalAdmire the work The Improvised Field Hospital at the museum.
• Take in Les ChoristesLook at the work Les Choristes in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in Nature Unveiling Herself Before ScienceLook at the sculpture Nature Unveiling Herself Before Science by Louis-Ernest Barrias in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Bride of BelusLook at the painting The Bride of Belus by Henri-Paul Motte in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Church at Auvers at the Musée d'OrsayLook at the work The Church at Auvers on display in the Musée d'Orsay.
• Take in The Talisman, the Aven River in the Bois d'AmourLook at the work The Talisman, the Aven River in the Bois d'Amour by Paul Sérusier in the museum.
• Take in the Portrait of the Artist at EighteenLook at the Portrait of the Artist at Eighteen by Maurice Denis in the Musée d'Orsay.

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Source: musee-orsay.fr