Musee d'Orsay If You Don't Like Paintings

The Orsay has quite a collection of priceless antiques in addition to its paintings. For those of you who aren't into art, this may be just the ticket. Some of these furniture pieces have particular interest to me since I've dabbled in woodworking.

Lorraine Forest Desk, Emile Galle

Lady's Writing Desk, Henry van de Velde

Clock, Christian Ferdinand Morawe

Chiffonnier, Jean Dampt - notice the handles are carved mice

Paintings of the Musee d'Orsay

Even if you are not into art very much, you will probably recognize many of the paintings in Musee d'Orsay. Everyone has heard of van Gogh and Monet! If you really love art, then this place will be a paradise for you. Below is a taste of what you can see in this fabulous museum of the Impressionists and their contemporaries.

Circus, Georges Seurat

Poppies, Claude Monet

The Angelus, Jean-Francois Millet

Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh

It shouldn't take more than two hours to get through this museum. It is located a short walk from the area of Paris where we plan on lodging.

Musee d'Orsay

The Musee d'Orsay is the finest Impressionist museum in the world. It contains more originals of famous Impressionist paintings than any other museum. It used to be a huge railway station, but was converted into this museum in the 1970's. It contains paintings of Monet, Degas, Gauguin, van Gogh, Cezanne, Renoir, and Seurat among its treasures. It also contains some really neat furniture and decoration pieces from the period 1850-1914. The museum is not far from many other sites so those not interested in Impressionism can see other sites. This museum is also only a short walking distance away from the area where we will likely be staying in Paris. I'll be posting more concerning this site in later updates.