Today was our last museum visit so we spent the morning at the Musee d' Orsay which houses Impressionism, Realism, and Conservative art works. We saw a lot of wonderful paintings by Monet, Van Gogh, Millet and Manet to name a few. We were not allowed to take any pictures of the inside of the Musee d' Orsay so I can only post what the outside of the building looks like.
After our tour of the Musee d' Orsay, Olivia, Samantha and I went back to the Louvre Museum to explore the Egyptian area. On our way to the Louvre, we walked thru the Jardin des Tuileries which made it worth a walk to the Louvre. We spent another two hours looking at all the Egyptian artifacts which I found fascinating and was well worth going back since you can't possibly cover it all in one day.
We ended our museum day by taking a tour of the Opera House which is beautiful!
Musee d' Orsay Museum which houses French art of the 1800's and early 1900's. They have one of the best collections of Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Van Gogh and others. I especially liked Monet's work. This used to be a train station with trains running right down the center of the gallery. The French realized this would make a great place to house art collections that had been scattered around the city.
Musee d' Orsay
Statue in the Jardin des Tuileries
View of the Jardin des Tuileries as we walked through to get to the Louvre. It must be beautiful in the spring/summer months with the fountains running and flowers in bloom.
You can see the Louvre through the arc.
Egyptian artifacts in the Louvre
Cats are special!
Opera House
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