Musée d'Orsay

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art museum former railway station museum in Paris

The Musée d'Orsay is a renowned Parisian museum housed in a former railway station, famous for its extensive collection of 19th- and early 20th-century art, including major Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.

Aliases (10)

Musée d’Orsay ×18
Musée d’Orsay collection ×5
Gare d'Orsay ×4
Musée d'Orsay collection ×3
Gare d'Orsay (former), Paris ×1
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (one bronze cast) ×1
Musée d’Orsay (area) ×1
Musée d’Orsay RF 1995-3 ×1
Musée d’Orsay galleries and public spaces ×1
Musée d’Orsay interior design ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum → former railway station → museum in Paris →
architect	Lucien Magne → Victor Laloux → Émile Bénard →
buildingCompletionDate	1900 →
city	Paris →
collectionFocus	19th-century art → Art Nouveau → Impressionism → Post-Impressionism → Symbolism → early 20th-century art →
collectionType	architecture → decorative arts → painting → photography → sculpture →
country	France →
formerFunctionOfBuilding	railway station →
hasFeature	central nave with iron-and-glass roof → large station clock overlooking the main hall →
heritageDesignation	Monument historique (France) →
heritageDesignationDate	1978 →
inauguratedBy	François Mitterrand →
languageOfWebsite	English → French →
locatedIn	7th arrondissement of Paris → Paris →
locatedNear	Jardin des Tuileries → Louvre Museum → Seine River →
locatedOn	Left Bank of the Seine →
museumConversionArchitect	ACT Architecture → Gae Aulenti →
notableArtistInCollection	Auguste Rodin → Claude Monet → Edgar Degas → Georges Seurat → Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec → Paul Cézanne → Paul Gauguin → Pierre-Auguste Renoir → Vincent van Gogh → Édouard Manet →
notableWorkHeld	Bal du moulin de la Galette → Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe → Olympia → Starry Night Over the Rhône → The Card Players (Cézanne version) → Whistler's Mother →
occupiesBuilding	Gare d'Orsay →
openingDate	1986-12-09 →
operatedBy	Établissement public du musée d'Orsay et du musée de l'Orangerie →
ownedBy	French state →
postalCode	75007 →
rank	one of the most visited museums in France →
streetAddress	1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur →
timePeriodCovered	1848–1914 →
visitorCount	over 3 million visitors per year →
website	https://www.musee-orsay.fr →

Referenced by (53)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Burial at Ornans → Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette → Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe ("Musée d'Orsay collection") → Little Dancer of Fourteen Years ("Musée d'Orsay, Paris (one bronze cast)") → L’Absinthe ("Musée d’Orsay collection") → Olympia (painting) ("Musée d’Orsay collection") → The Bellelli Family ("Musée d’Orsay collection") → The Dance Class ("Musée d'Orsay collection") → The Floor Scrapers ("Musée d’Orsay collection") → The Models → The Origin of the World ("Musée d’Orsay") → The Painter's Studio ("Musée d’Orsay collection") → The Tub ("Musée d’Orsay") → Whistler's Mother ("Musée d'Orsay collection") →	collection
A Burial at Ornans → Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe → L’Absinthe ("Musée d’Orsay") → Olympia (painting) ("Musée d’Orsay") → The Bellelli Family ("Musée d’Orsay") → The Dance Class → The Floor Scrapers ("Musée d’Orsay") → The Models → The Origin of the World ("Musée d’Orsay") → The Painter's Studio ("Musée d’Orsay") → Whistler's Mother →	location
7th arrondissement of Paris ("Musée d’Orsay") → Left Bank of the Seine ("Musée d’Orsay") →	contains
Léon Bonnat → René Lalique ("Musée d’Orsay") →	hasWorkInCollection
Houses of Parliament series ("Musée d’Orsay") → Mont Sainte-Victoire series ("Musée d’Orsay") →	inCollection
Gae Aulenti ("Musée d’Orsay interior design") → Victor Laloux ("Gare d'Orsay") →	notableWork
ACT Architecture ("Gare d'Orsay") → ACT Architecture →	workedOnBuilding
ACT Architecture →	associatedWith
The Origin of the World ("Musée d’Orsay RF 1995-3") →	catalogCode
École du Louvre ("Musée d’Orsay") →	closelyLinkedTo
Gae Aulenti ("Musée d’Orsay galleries and public spaces") →	designed
Water Lilies (Monet) ("Musée d’Orsay") →	exhibited at
Whistler's Mother →	exhibitedAt
Haystacks series →	inCollectionOf
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette →	located in
Musée de l’Orangerie ("Musée d’Orsay") →	locatedNear
The Japanese Bridge →	locationOfSomeWorks
Boulevard Saint‑Germain ("Musée d’Orsay (area)") →	near
Louvre Museum →	nearbyLandmark
Beaux-Arts ("Gare d'Orsay (former), Paris") →	notableExample
1900 Exposition Universelle ("Gare d'Orsay") →	notableStructure
Musée d'Orsay ("Gare d'Orsay") →	occupiesBuilding
French Ministry of Culture ("Musée d’Orsay") →	oversees
RER C ("Musée d’Orsay") →	servesTouristAttraction
Paris →	touristAttraction