Dedicated Entry Tickets to Orsay Museum

Established in 1986, the Orsay Museum is one of the newest museums in Paris but also one of the most important. It is an institution that houses paintings from one of the most influential periods of French Art - the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist eras of the late 19th Century.

At the Orsay Museum, you will not only see famous paintings but also have the chance to catch sweeping views of Paris from its top floor. The Orsay Museum is situated at the heart of Paris, right next to the Seine, and is located opposite the famous Tuileries Gardens. Once you walk into the building, you will be in the company of some of the greatest French artists and their works.

Once inside, you are free to explore the museum as you like. The exhibitions are arranged in a chronological manner, with early 19th-century sculptures and classical paintings on the ground floor, leading up to the Impressionist paintings on the second and top floors. Most of the highlights of the Orsay Museum are on the top floor.

Temporary Exhibitions

This ticket is for entry into the permanent collections, and for temporary exhibitions, subject to availability. Following are the current temporary exhibitions:

• Until 15 January 2023: Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)

• On the occasion of Rosa Bonheur's bicentenary, this exhibition is honoring her extraordinary, innovative, and inspiring work. She was known as an icon of

women's emancipation and placed the living world at the heart of her work and existence.

• Until 22 January 2023: Edvard Munch (1863-1944)

• An exhibition will be devoted to the famous Norwegian painter, whose work in all its breadth and sixty years of creation and complexity, is currently partly unknown.

• Until 5 March 2023: Backstage at Jacques de Lalaing’s Studio

• Innovative Belgian painter and sculptor Jacque de Lalaing will be honored for his intensive and confidential use of photography. He staged his subjects to face the camera to inspire a future composition. He would use these photos as preparatory sketches before adjusting the decor, and producing his final masterpiece.

• Until 12 March 2023: The 1001 Designs of the ABCD’Orsay

• 26 Drawings by Mathias Augustyniak will be featured, where he designed an alphabet intertwining the initial letter of an artist with motiffs of their work drawn. At this exhibition, this unique portrait will be featured with artists both famous and less well known will be displayed.

• Until 28 March 2023: Architecture of Health and Charity

• Discussed in architecture schools, Hector Guimard’s drawings for a small hospice show, along with those by Maurice Boille for a sanatorium from the 19th century will be featured.

• Until 14 May 2023: Maurice Denis

• Les Amours de Marthe, an ode to Marthe Meuiner, the artist's wife will be featured. It was inspired by personal notes present in his diary of 1891, when he started courting his future wife.