Musée d'Orsay

In a converted Belle Epoque railway station, the Musée d'Orsay houses an unparalleled collection of 19th and 20th-century art (from 1848 to 1914). The collection includes works by Boudin, Caillebotte, Corot, Courbet, Degas, Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, and Vuillard, among others.

The collection follows the evolution of the Impressionism movement, then continues with Post-Impressionism, including works by Bonnard, Cézanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh, as well as the Pointillists, Seurat, and Signac. There are also drawings and paintings by Toulouse Lautrec, the legendary Bohemian artist from Montmartre. The museum's most outstanding works include Claude Monet's Coquelicots (Poppies), Gare Saint-Lazare, and Nymphéas Bleus (Blue Water Lilies); Renoir's La Balançoire (The Swing), etc. The museum has a bookshop boutique, a stylish café with aquatic-themed décor, and an exceptional gourmet restaurant (designated as a Historical Monument) with sparkling chandeliers, gilded moldings, and a magnificent painting on the ceiling, all of which are well designed to welcome tourists.

Address: 1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris
Official site: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/