Musée d'Orsay
A museum in a Beaux-Arts railway station on the Left Bank, built from 1898 to 1900 and opened as a museum in 1986. It holds the world's largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art, from Monet and Renoir to Degas, Cézanne and van Gogh.
- Where
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.8600, 2.3265
Get the Musée d'Orsay stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Musée d'Orsay. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Île-de-France volume with your photos and a note.
Near Musée d'Orsay
Tuileries Garden 0.4 km
A public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde, created by Catherine de' Medici in 1564 for a palace that no longer stands. Opened to the public in 1667, it has been a place for Parisians to stroll, meet and sit by its fountains ever since.
Musée de l'Orangerie 0.5 km
A gallery in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden, best known as the permanent home of Claude Monet's eight great Water Lilies murals, hung in two oval rooms. Downstairs are works by Cézanne, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso and Renoir.
Louvre Museum 0.7 km
The world's most visited art museum, housed in a royal palace on the Right Bank of the Seine. It holds the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory, and in its basement the stone footings of the medieval fortress built under Philip II can still be seen.
Place de la Concorde 0.7 km
The largest square in Paris, 7.6 hectares at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. At its centre stands an Egyptian obelisk from Luxor, more than 3,000 years old, flanked by two grand fountains.
Musée Rodin 0.9 km
A museum in the Hôtel Biron, the mansion where Auguste Rodin worked, opened in 1919 to show his sculpture. The Thinker and The Gates of Hell stand in its rose garden, and the collection runs to 6,600 sculptures and thousands of drawings.
Pont Alexandre III 1.0 km
The most ornate bridge in Paris, a single steel arch across the Seine with gilded statues on tall pillars at each end. It links the Champs-Élysées quarter with the Invalides, and its lamps and cherubs make it a favourite place for photographs.
Les Invalides 1.2 km
A vast complex founded by Louis XIV as a home for old and wounded soldiers, which still houses veterans alongside the Musée de l'Armée. Its gilded dome rises over the tomb of Napoleon, one of the great landmarks of the Left Bank.
Palais Garnier 1.4 km
An opera house of 1,979 seats, built for the Paris Opera between 1861 and 1875 at the behest of Napoleon III. Behind its gilded façade lie a grand marble staircase and an auditorium with a ceiling painted by Marc Chagall.
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Questions
Where is Musée d'Orsay?
Musée d'Orsay is in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Tuileries Garden (0.4 km), Musée de l'Orangerie (0.5 km), Louvre Museum (0.7 km).
How do I get the Musée d'Orsay stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Musée d'Orsay and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Île-de-France volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Musée d'Orsay before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Île-de-France volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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