Orsay Museum Private Guided Tour

Explore the Musée d'Orsay on a 2 hour private guided tour, with access to the world's greatest Impressionist collection.

Getting started

Meet your expert guide just outside the Musée d'Orsay at the agreed time for your private guided tour. You then use your reserved or fast-track timed entry, as per the option selected, to access the museum without joining the regular ticket line. After ticket checks and security, your guide leads your small group of maximum 6 guests into the main galleries to begin the visit.

What to expect

Musée d'Orsay

Housed in a former railway station, the Musée d'Orsay brings together the world's greatest Impressionist collection and key works of late 19th-century art. Across 2 or 2.5 hours, depending on the option selected, your expert guide builds a focused route through the permanent collection and, where included, the temporary exhibitions.

Features

• Highlights of the Impressionist movement feature prominently, including Monet's series with views of Rouen Cathedral and London's Parliament and Renoir's Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, alongside Van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône. Your guide uses these masterpieces to explain how light, colour and brushwork evolved across the movement.

• You also stop at pivotal works that shaped modern art, such as Gustave Caillebotte's The Floor Scrapers and Manet's Olympia and Luncheon on the Grass, hearing about their reception and the social context behind their subjects. This creates a clear link between the Parisian working-class, avant-garde ideas and changing artistic tastes.

• The experience includes a private guided tour in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese, Russian and Arabic, as per the option selected, with a professional guide tailoring commentary and pace to your interests within a group capped at 6 guests. This format allows for questions, discussion and a flexible route through the galleries.

• Entry to the Musée d'Orsay is included, along with access to masterpieces by Monet, Manet, Renoir and Van Gogh throughout the visit, and to the world's greatest Impressionist collection. Depending on the variant you choose, you benefit from fast-track timed entry, reserved entry tickets, and full access to the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions during the scheduled duration.

Wrapping up

At the end of the guided portion, your tour concludes inside the Musée d'Orsay galleries. With the guided section complete, you can stay in the museum and continue exploring the permanent collection or any accessible temporary exhibitions at your own pace for as long as the venue remains open that day.