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The World’s 100 Best Museums

Musée d’Orsay

Paris, France

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST MUSEUMS WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 71 2026
Musée d’Orsay

A museum of late 19th- and early 20th-century art set in a former Paris railway station. Its fifth floor holds Impressionist paintings by Van Gogh and Monet beside a giant clock face looking over the city.

Highlights

  • Fifth-floor Impressionist galleries
  • Giant clock window
  • Decorative arts furniture wing

Good to know

  • Book timed tickets online in advance
  • Allow three to four hours
  • Fifth floor gets very crowded

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