This museum was definitely a big discovering for me. I honestly did not know about its existence before visiting it, and it was actually my travel buddy who mentioned it and made me feel curious about it. She said it was a former train station (Gare d'Orsay) and I love them, so with no more discussion we got in. The building has a lot of history since it was initially built for the Universal Exposition in 1900, and trains ran until 1939 when it became unsuitable for longer trains. During the II World War, this space was turned into a mailing centre and finally, after many years about to be demolished, it was listed as Historical Monument and converted into the current museum in 1986. Its strategic position creats a magical three-in-a-row together with the Louvre Museum and the National Museum of Modern Art (located at the Centre Georges Pompidou). The museum holds a large collection of artworks from well-known artists such as Monet, Gauguin or Van Gogh, besides obviously the architecture of the building itself, which is stunning.
Luckily for low-budgets, the most of French museums are free of charge for under-18 and European citizens, but also on the first Sunday of the month! You must watch out it is not Monday, it is most of museum's off day.
Photo: Giant clock-shaped window at the top floor of the museum.
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