Top 10 Sights in Paris Countdown #5

For all of you art lovers out there, the greatest collection of impressionist art in the world is housed in… where else, but Paris!

#5 Musée d’Orsay

You’ve probably heard of The Orsay Museum, known for its incredible collection of impressionist paintings! You can walk around in galleries displaying Monet’s, Manet’s, Van Gogh’s and Cezanne’s works – among many others’. But did you know that the Orsay museum wasn’t always a museum? It was originally a train station that would welcome trains from the city of Orléans. Go figure! On the other side of the river, another museum wasn’t always what it is today…

Orsay Museum

[Pictures credited to Brad Bechtel]

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