Musee d'Orsay Museum, Paris

The Musee d'Orsay is a Museum in Paris. The Museum is a dedication to the second half of XIXth century, from academic works to Art Nouveau. It is situated on the left bank of Paris and France. The museum building was originally a railway station and was inaugurated on the 14th of July 1900 for the Paris World exhibition, But the platforms was too short for the trains of modern age which were too long. In 1939, the Musee d'Orsay was out of use as a train station. Instead it was used for other purposes like for a parking lot, a location for theatre and a reception center for prisoners of war.

Then in 1978 the President Giscard d'Estaing decided to turn Musee d'Orsay Paris into a museum which was finally inaugurated on the 29th November 1987, by the French president Mitterand. The building is a fascinating piece of architecture. The museum displays the ancient French art, 1500 sculptures, furniture, 2300 paintings and engravings, photos, film, architecture and urbanism. And the museum contains works from Monet, Manet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh and others.

The main attraction of the museum is the skylit Impressionist and Post Impressionist gallery which is on the upper floor. It contains all paintings which seem to be probably suffered from overexposure. It also has a cafe on the top floor. The museum also has a worth watching work by more artists such as Redon and Moreau are well represented. One of the rooms has a darkened environment which displays the pastel drawings such as Manet and Degas.