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Musée d'Orsay
Just opposite the Louvre on the left bank of the Seine, the Musee d'Orsay continues on from the Louvre's collection, holding mostly French art from the period 1848 to 1915, including the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces in the world by painters such as Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh. The building used to be the Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built for the Exposition Universelle in 1900.
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The Musée d'Orsay is housed in the old Gare d'Orsay building
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Gare d'Orsay was a terminus for the Paris-Orléans Railway
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Café Campana, named after the Campana brothers who designed it
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Café Campana is a nice spot to enjoy a cup of coffee or tea
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View from the Café Campana
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One of two giant clocks set in the towers which flank the entrance to the Gare d'Orsay departure area
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View of the giant clock from inside the Musée d'Orsay
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View of the Seine through the giant clock face
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Magnificent golden clock which kept time for train travellers
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The magnificent golden railway clock
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Grand central aisle, on the ground floor, of the Musée d'Orsay, guarded by the Statue of Liberty
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This ground floor area with its natural lighting houses the sculpture section