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OT Paris Orsay Art Museum Guided Tour

2 Hours Round trip from Paris Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Skip-the-line entry to the Orsay Museum
  • 02 Guided 2-hour tour with an official certified guide
  • 03 Explore Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces
  • 04 See paintings, sculptures, photographs, and furniture from 1848 to 1915
  • 05 Discover works by Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Monet, Courbet, Ingres, and Gauguin
  • 06 Follow a carefully planned route through the museum’s key highlights
  • 07 Use a radio system to hear the guide clearly
  • 08 Remain in the museum after the tour until closing time

Discover the highlights of the Orsay Museum on a guided tour designed to help you make the most of your visit. Skip the line and explore one of Paris’s most celebrated museums with an expert guide, while learning about its history and the major works in its collection.

Over two hours, follow a carefully planned route through key galleries featuring Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, as well as sculptures, photographs, and decorative arts from 1848 to 1915. See celebrated works by artists including Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Monet, Courbet, Ingres, and Gauguin, and stay on after the tour to continue exploring the museum at your own pace.

Over two hours, follow a carefully planned route through key galleries featuring Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, as well as sculptures, photographs, and decorative arts from 1848 to 1915.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
City Paris
Languages English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Paris: Orsay Art Museum Guided Tour

You’ll be the guide at the meeting point and skip the line with these notoriously long lines to enter the museum. Here the guide will introduce you to the museum with a little bit of its history and its collections inside. The guide will take you through the most important highlights of this museum, so you can learn the secrets surrounding the techniques used by the impressionists and post-impressionists and discover how a handful of art rebels passed the way from the impressionist art movement. 
As you explore the museum with the professional artwork expert guide, you’ll mostly not only see impressionist and post-impressionist paintings but also sculptures, photographs, and furniture dating from 1848 to 1915. 
The guide will escort you to the central part of the ground floor of the Museum, where there is a collection of striking sculptures and paintings dating from 1848 to 1879. Then as you move on to the top floor, you’ll be able to admire the art of the Art world dating between 1874 to 1886,  moreover, on this floor, you’ll see certain decorative elements, as well as a beautifully decorated banquet hall. 
We with the help of our expert guides have carefully planned out a route to make sure you won't miss any of the important highlights of this museum. This museum is considered one of the best galleries in Paris which contains some of the masterpieces in the world, the guide will show you and explain to you some of the artworks such as Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette by Renoir, Apples, and Oranges by Cezanne, Van Gogh’s self-portraits, la Source by Ingres, The Birth of Venus by Bouguereau and more. 
You can spend time admiring more arts and masterpieces by Monet, Courbet, Renoir, Cezanne, Ingres, and Gauguin as you walk along the corridors of the Museum by listening to the guide's commentaries on these works of art. You also have the chance to share your opinions with the guide and discuss works that interest you on this journey of discovery.
The two-hour tour will end at the top floor of the museum, as you have explored the important highlights inside on a hassle-free organized tour. You’ll have the option to remain in the museum until its closing time after the tour ends.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Paris 1 city · 2 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Official certified guide
  • Radio system to hear the guide
  • Skip-the-line entrance ticket & reservation to Orsay Museum

What's Not Included

  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pick-up and drop off
  • Transportation to/from attractions

Know before you go

  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Please bring your valid photo ID
  • 'Skip-the-line' access is guaranteed, even during peak season (except in the event of delays or strikes by the Museum management)
  • There may be a queue at the dedicated line for visitors with reservation due to security purpose, however this will be much shorter than at the standard entrance
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes as there is a moderate amount of walking involved
  • Please note that the tour requires a minimum number of guests to run
  • Please note that if you arrive after the tour start time you will not be able to join and will not be refunded or have your tour rescheduled
  • There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements, in the event of this occurring you will be offered an alternative or full refund

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Paris, FR
Tour start
Paris, FR
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 2 hours finish where they began, in Paris.

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