Orsay

To admire the main works of the museum, it will take you about 2.5 hours.

Choose Louvre for breadth of history and its vast, varied collection spanning ancient to 19th-century art, or Musée d'Orsay for focused Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art (1848-1914), a more manageable size, and a beautiful former railway station setting. The Louvre is the world's largest museum, overwhelming in scale, while the Musée d'Orsay offers a focused, more relaxed experience centered on its key Impressionist masterpieces. You love ancient art and classics: The Louvre boasts a massive collection from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century, including iconic sculptures and Renaissance art. You want a broad, comprehensive art experience: Its vastness allows you to see a wider sweep of art history. You don't mind a massive, potentially overwhelming space: The sheer size of the Louvre is a significant factor. It houses the world's largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.

Famous for its vast collection of Impressionist paintings, Musée d'Orsay holds the largest number of famous paintings in the world by the painters we love — Monet, Manet, Pissarro, Morisot, and Renoir.

The pronunciation in French is mus dors.

The Musée d'Orsay is renowned for its extensive collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces. Key works include Claude Monet's 'Impression, Sunrise', Edgar Degas' 'The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer', and Vincent van Gogh's 'Starry Night Over the Rhône'.