{"id":6499,"date":"2018-07-31T16:42:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T14:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2019-08-09T16:33:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:33:05","slug":"top-5-reasons-to-visit-the-orsay-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/top-5-reasons-to-visit-the-orsay-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 reasons to visit the Orsay Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Top 5 reasons to visit the Orsay Museum<\/h2><div id=\"disco-2250129333\" class=\"disco-social-pug-2019 disco-entity-placement\"><p><div  class=\"dpsp-shortcode-wrapper dpsp-shape-rounded dpsp-size-medium dpsp-column-auto dpsp-has-spacing dpsp-has-buttons-count dpsp-show-on-mobile dpsp-button-style-6\"><ul class=\"dpsp-networks-btns-wrapper dpsp-networks-btns-share dpsp-networks-btns-content dpsp-column-auto \" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none\">\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-facebook\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwalks.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-5-reasons-to-visit-the-orsay-museum%2F&#038;t=Top%205%20reasons%20to%20visit%20the%20Orsay%20Museum\" class=\"dpsp-network-btn dpsp-facebook dpsp-has-count dpsp-first dpsp-has-label\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" style=\"font-size:14px;padding:0rem;max-height:40px\" >\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon \">\n\t\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon-inner\" ><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 32\"><path d=\"M17.12 0.224v4.704h-2.784q-1.536 0-2.080 0.64t-0.544 1.92v3.392h5.248l-0.704 5.28h-4.544v13.568h-5.472v-13.568h-4.544v-5.28h4.544v-3.904q0-3.328 1.856-5.152t4.96-1.824q2.624 0 4.064 0.224z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-label\">Share<\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-count\">198<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-pinterest\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<button rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwalks.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-5-reasons-to-visit-the-orsay-museum%2F&#038;media=&#038;description=Top%205%20reasons%20to%20visit%20the%20Orsay%20Museum\" class=\"dpsp-network-btn dpsp-pinterest dpsp-has-count dpsp-last dpsp-has-label\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Save to Pinterest\" title=\"Save to Pinterest\" style=\"font-size:14px;padding:0rem;max-height:40px\" >\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon \">\n\t\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon-inner\" ><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 23 32\"><path d=\"M0 10.656q0-1.92 0.672-3.616t1.856-2.976 2.72-2.208 3.296-1.408 3.616-0.448q2.816 0 5.248 1.184t3.936 3.456 1.504 5.12q0 1.728-0.32 3.36t-1.088 3.168-1.792 2.656-2.56 1.856-3.392 0.672q-1.216 0-2.4-0.576t-1.728-1.568q-0.16 0.704-0.48 2.016t-0.448 1.696-0.352 1.28-0.48 1.248-0.544 1.12-0.832 1.408-1.12 1.536l-0.224 0.096-0.16-0.192q-0.288-2.816-0.288-3.36 0-1.632 0.384-3.68t1.184-5.152 0.928-3.616q-0.576-1.152-0.576-3.008 0-1.504 0.928-2.784t2.368-1.312q1.088 0 1.696 0.736t0.608 1.824q0 1.184-0.768 3.392t-0.8 3.36q0 1.12 0.8 1.856t1.952 0.736q0.992 0 1.824-0.448t1.408-1.216 0.992-1.696 0.672-1.952 0.352-1.984 0.128-1.792q0-3.072-1.952-4.8t-5.12-1.728q-3.552 0-5.952 2.304t-2.4 5.856q0 0.8 0.224 1.536t0.48 1.152 0.48 0.832 0.224 0.544q0 0.48-0.256 1.28t-0.672 0.8q-0.032 0-0.288-0.032-0.928-0.288-1.632-0.992t-1.088-1.696-0.576-1.92-0.192-1.92z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-label\">Pin<\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-count\">25<\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most beautiful part of the <i><strong>Orsay Museum<\/strong><\/i>, before the paintings, is the building itself. The architecture really is the greatest reason to visit the <i><strong>Orsay Museum<\/strong><\/i>. You can not claim to be a human being but remain cold and indifferent in front of this stunning architecture made of stone and glass. Here are the <strong>top 5 reasons to visit the Orsay Museum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>1.) The architecture of the building<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/orsay-museum.jpg\" alt=\"Top 5 reasons to visit the Orsay Museum\" width=\"650\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The outside, first, looks like an old railway station, with the big clocks and the larges bay windows. The explanation is simple: the museum was originally a real train station, constructed for the train line between Â鶹APP and Orl\u00e9ans, a city in the south-west of Â鶹APP. It was also main artwork presented at the <i>1900 World Fair<\/i>, exposing its majesty and beauty to the entire world. The luxury hotel that was integrated in the train station had for goal to hide the modern metallic structures of the building, giving the fa\u00e7ade an elegant academic architectural style.<\/p>\n<p>The building remained a railway station throughout the first half of the twentieth century. In 1970, the Minister for Cultural Affairs, Jacques Duhamel, saved the station from its planned destruction and replacement by a modern hotel complex. In 1974, the decision was taken to turn it into a museum, which opened in 1986.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/orsay_museum_hall.jpg\" alt=\"Top 5 reasons to visit the Orsay Museum\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the outside is impressive, the inside is all the more stunning. The design is the result of the work of three young architects, who had a main mission to divide the important sub-roof space of the station into new floors. The large 138 meters-long hall of the station became the main artery of the museum; the great glass awning became the museum\u2019s entrance. Today, when you enter the museum, it still remains the impression of being in an old railway station. The large glass windows on the ceiling provide a natural lightig. In total, there are 35 000 square metres of glass, creating a real impression of brightness.<\/p>\n<h4>2.) The collection of impressionism<\/h4>\n<p>The second great reason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/recommends\/orsay-tickets\/\" data-eafl-id=\"17334\" data-eafl-parsed=\"1\" class=\"eafl-link eafl-link-text eafl-link-cloaked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">to visit the Orsay Museum (find tickets)<\/a>\u00a0is that it is pre-eminently the museum of Impressionism, and more generally of the late nineteenth-first twentieth period (1848-1914).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/orsay-impressionism.jpg\" alt=\"orsay-impressionism\" width=\"650\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are two explanations. First, the chosen period, though very short, is extremely productive and is a real turning point in the history of art. This period has indeed spawned an important number of works in painting, sculpture, decorative arts and photography and given birth to many artistic movements, such as Impressionism, but also academicism, pointillism, symbolism, fauvism, primitivism, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The second explanation is that this interesting period had no real place in the landmark of Â鶹APPian museums. The two main museums in Â鶹APP at the time were<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/the-best-way-to-visit-the-louvre-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> the <i><strong>Louvre<\/strong><\/i><\/a> and the <i><strong>National Museum of Modern Art<\/strong><\/i> at the <i><strong>Pompidou Centre<\/strong><\/i>. The two of them covered a large period of the history of art in Western Europe, from the Middle Ages to 1848 for the <i><strong>Louvre<\/strong><\/i>, from 1905 to nowadays for the <i><strong>Pompidou Centre<\/strong><\/i>, but the nineteenth century seemed forgotten. So the <i><strong>Orsay Museum<\/strong><\/i> was built as a way to bridge the gap between those two museums and to put a renewed emphasis on a very prolific but forgotten period.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the museum hosts the world\u2019s largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces. <u>Impressionism<\/u> is represented by paintings from Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir or C\u00e9zanne. Its principles are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>outdoor open-air painting, without any preparatory sketches in the studio;<\/li>\n<li>spontaneous, rapid and loose brushstrokes;<\/li>\n<li>the goal of capturing fleeting moments, momentary scenes and their ephemeral colours, a perfect example of which is &#8211; sunset;<\/li>\n<li>the use of pure colours on the canvas, which means that colours are not mixed before on the palette;<\/li>\n<li>the realistic depiction of light as the supreme principle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/orsay-art.jpg\" alt=\"orsay-art\" width=\"650\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Post-impressionism<\/u> is represented by paintings from Seurat, Gauguin or Van Gogh. It is more a state of mind than a homogenous artistic movement, composed of many different tendencies. Neo-impressionism, also called pointillism or divisionism, with painters such as Seurat or Signac, uses juxtaposed dots of colours. Symbolism and primitivism, with Gauguin, abolish the perspective by using large patches of bright colours. Other artists disengage from these tendencies and evolve autonomously: that\u2019s the case of C\u00e9zanne, Toulouse-Lautrec or Van Gogh.<\/p>\n<h4>3.) The view of Â鶹APP<\/h4>\n<p>Another good reason to visit the <i><strong>Orsay Museum<\/strong><\/i> is the view over Â鶹APP that it offers. Actually, there are two spots in the museum to enjoy great views. The first is from the second floor: behind the great clock, you can have a beautiful view on the Seine river. It is such an amazing experience, to mix the modern-metallic-industrial side with the clock, and the large-colourful-panoramic side with the view of the river!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/orsay-clock.jpg\" alt=\"orsay-clock\" width=\"650\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The second view is from the roof. During the summer, if you go up to the mezzanine of the museum, you can arrive at the terrace. It is located above the <i>Caf\u00e9 des Hauteurs<\/i>, at the last floor of the museum. From there you can admire the Seine river, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/best-bridges-in-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its bridges<\/a> and the great monuments of the right bank, such as the <i><strong>Louvre Museum<\/strong><\/i>, or the <i><strong>Garnier Opera<\/strong><\/i>. And if there is no cloud, you can even see the <i><strong>Montmartre<\/strong><\/i> hill and its <i><strong>Sacred Heart Church<\/strong><\/i>, in the back! This view is really, with the one from the <i><strong>Eiffel Tower<\/strong><\/i>, from the Montmartre hill, from the roofs of <i><strong>Notre Dame<\/strong><\/i> or of the <i><strong>Arc de Triomphe<\/strong><\/i> or from the <i><strong>Montparnasse Tower<\/strong><\/i>, one of the best panoramic views over Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/orsay-sculptures.jpg\" alt=\"orsay-sculptures\" width=\"650\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>4.) The neighbourhood: river banks and Tuilerie gardens<\/h4>\n<p>The neighbourhood of it is also a good reason to visit the <i><strong>Orsay Museum<\/strong><\/i>. The <i><strong>Orsay Museum<\/strong><\/i> is located on the left bank, just above the river. Two things are to see around the museum.<\/p>\n<p><u>The first option<\/u> is the walk alongside the river, named <i>les Berges de Seine<\/i> (the Seine Banks). It is a pedestrian area transformed into a walk and entertainment space, which runs from the Royal Bridge, which is next to the <i><strong>Orsay Museum<\/strong><\/i>, to the Alma Bridge, which is next to the <i><strong>Eiffel Tower<\/strong><\/i>. Playgrounds for children, floating gardens, sporting courses, flower beds, open-air caf\u00e9s: it is a real relaxation space, at the heart of the city centre, without the stress of the cars and noises. The great(est) positive point is that there are many places to take a nap along the river: self-service beanbags, sunbeds, and, if you\u2019d rather sleep in the shadow, there are even tepees! And if you just want to walk, the pedestrian area is 2,3km long, so you can enjoy one hour of slow and sunny walk!<\/p>\n<p><i>How to go there:<\/i> go on the bank of the river just down the museum. Face the river and turn your back to the museum, start your walk to the left.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/outside-orsay.jpg\" alt=\"outside-orsay\" width=\"650\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Your second option<\/u> is another walk, running this time to the right of the museum. This walk, very different from the first, has as much of an interest as it, thanks to its cultural and artistic dimension. First, the Quai Voltaire (Voltaire Bank) is the beloved home of the antique dealers of Â鶹APP. You will find many galleries with antiques, but also with archaeological artefacts, sculpture and art objects. This fascination for the old and the beautiful, and for their combination, is really a part of the charm of Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on walking, you will then arrive on the Quai Malaquai (Malaquai Bank), another home of artists and dreamers. The dark green boxes that you see on the sidewalk are the \u201c<i>bouquinistes<\/i>\u201d shops \u2013 booksellers. They are a real institution in Â鶹APP, selling used and antiquarian books at a cheap price. Since the sixteenth century, it\u2019s a real tradition in Â鶹APP, installed along more than 3 km alongside the river. Take the time to walk by them and to look at the books, the old postcards and the rock posters (actually fake ones) from the sixties and the seventies. It\u2019s in places like this than you can really feel the spirit of Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n<p><i>How to go there:<\/i> go on the bank of the river just down the museum. Face the river and turn your back to the museum, start your walk to the right.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/orsay-books.jpg\" alt=\"orsay-books\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>5.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/paris-c66746\/musee-dorsay-musee-de-lorangerie-dedicated-entrance-p974849?partner=discoverwalks\" data-eafl-id=\"26308\" data-eafl-parsed=\"1\" class=\"eafl-link eafl-link-text eafl-link-direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The combined ticket for the Orangerie Museum<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The French word for water-lilies, \u201c<i>nymph\u00e9as<\/i>\u201d, comes from the Greek word \u201c<i>numph\u00e9<\/i>\u201d: in English, <i>nymph<\/i>. This reference to the Greek gods and myths is effective. The impression that you have visiting the <i><strong>Orangerie Museum<\/strong><\/i> is really an impression of sacred, divine, almost magical.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/inside-orsay.jpg\" alt=\"inside-orsay\" width=\"650\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <i><strong>Orangerie Museum<\/strong><\/i> is the paradise for impressionists-lovers, and above all for Monet-lovers. It\u2019s the place where are exposed the magnificent <i>Water Lilies<\/i> of the painter. The set is inspired by the own water garden of Monet, located in Giverny, a city close to Â鶹APP. The painter spent hours and days sitting in his Japanese garden to paint either the shores of the pond and the leafy vegetation or the body of water and the reflections at its surface. He wanted to study the light variation in this particular landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the subject, the form of this set is also of a great interest. It represents half of the permanent collection of the museum, and is exposed in a series of rooms specially dedicated to it. Worldwide, this set is a unique masterpiece: each painting is two meters high. The paintings joined take almost a hundred linear meters, with a surface of around 200m\u00b2. This length, which makes the set one of the biggest realizations in the twentieth-history of painting, really gives the impression of an endless landscape, floating in haze of infinity.<\/p>\n<p>So the <i><strong>Orangerie<\/strong><\/i> is the last (but not the least) great reason to visit the <i><strong>Orsay Museum<\/strong><\/i>. Orsay and the Orangerie are two national museums responsible to the Ministry of Culture and Communication and have been attached into the same publicly administered establishment, managed by the same institution. For this reason, for only a few more euros, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/paris-c66746\/musee-dorsay-musee-de-lorangerie-dedicated-entrance-p974849?partner=discoverwalks\" data-eafl-id=\"26308\" data-eafl-parsed=\"1\" class=\"eafl-link eafl-link-text eafl-link-direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">you can buy a double ticket (here for example)<\/a> allowing you to visit the two great museums. Visiting the Orangerie is a real chance that you mustn\u2019t miss!<\/p>\n<p><i>How to go there:<\/i> the Orangerie is located in the <i><strong>Tuileries garden<\/strong><\/i>. From the Orsay museum, it\u2019s a 10min-walk. Go to the bank just down the museum, take the bridge named \u201c<i>Passerelle L\u00e9opold-S\u00e9dar-Senghor<\/i>\u201d on your left. You will find the <i><strong>Tuileries garden<\/strong><\/i> in front of the bridge and the museum is on the left!<\/p>\n<p>So now, you have every reason to visit the Orsay Museum in Â鶹APP: you can\u2019t do anything but going there! Don&#8217;t hesitate to contact us if you need further information about anything! See you soon in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/tour\/city\/paris-walking-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Â鶹APP<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"disco-1600983468\" class=\"disco-amazon-box-2024 disco-entity-placement\"><div style=\"width: 100%; border: 2px solid lightgray; padding: 3% 6% 3% 3%; border-radius: 5px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Planning a trip to Â鶹APP ? 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