Musée d'Orsay Guided Tour

Information on Musée d'Orsay Guided Tour

The Musée d'Orsay houses mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography, and is probably best known for its extensive collection of impressionist masterpieces by popular painters such as Monet and Renoir.

The tour starts with a short walk through the Jardin des Tuileries and across the Seine to the other bank. Guided visit of the Museum provides a general view of the permanent collections from paintings to fine arts. Special attention will be given to the Impressionnists. Monet, Renoir and their disciples didn’t merely reinvent landscapes and urban scenes but also traditional subjects such as portraits and scenes from everyday life. The tour ends at the museum.

Entrance ticket included.

Program of exhibitions for 2007

From June 19, 2007 to September 16, 2007:

Modern art in Paris:
Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) played a decisive role in the development of modern art until the first decades of the 20th century. Cézanne, Maillol, Degas, Renoir… Vollard aroused great interest in "his" artists.

From June 19, 2007 to September 2007:

Universal exhibitions, real and utopian architecture. The imagination of architects and the diversity of great buildings are brought to light thanks to a rich collection of architectural drawings