Musée d’Orsay
The Museé D’Orsay has to be my favorite museum in the world (so far, anyway). I thoroughly love the Impressionists and the collection here is impressive. I read recently that the d’Orsay is now undergoing renovations that will enable them to display even more of this collection to the public by March 2011. I can’t wait.
There is something about the openness of this former train station that takes my breath away each time I enter…or maybe it is the anticipation of all the wonderful art in which I am about to indulge….
Rather than share photographs I never took of fabulous paintings by van Gogh, Courbet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, Renoir, Manet, Degas, Monet, Cézanne, Pissaro, Sisley (a personal favorite) and more, let’s look at some of the fascinating sculptures…
Maybe we should stop for a bite of lunch before we go on…
i always imagine how it would have been with the hustle and bustle of a train station. this is my favorite clock in the world – oh how i miss it.
using my museum pass I sailed in past the huge line and once inside like you I was amazed at the space and sheer volume of art…I know I didn’t see it all….each room was something I knew and loved.
and the fact that it was once a train station just makes it that more exciting…love it.
Twenty-two months have passed and I still have not been! Here’s the thing, though: I know deep in my bones this is going to be my favorite museum, too. I just *know* it. Part of me feels like as long as I have never set foot in the d’Orsay, my time in Paris can never end. Once I have seen it, then I have seen everything in Paris that I have really *wanted* to see, and maybe just like that –POUF! — it somehow will mean my time in Paris has expired.
This is, I know, ridiculous!! In fact, what I should be doing is *go* and then go back again and again. I’m silly, I know.
Anyways, even without having been I know it is a magical place. I think it’s just that, too — what if I go and decide it is not a special as I think I will be??
LOL — I feel like I am contemplating losing my virginity. I just need to DO it, huh.
Anyone wanna go with??
it’s been months since i spent the day wandering around a museum. your post has inspired me to make the trip sooner rather than later.
xo Alison
My all-time favorite musuem in the world! How cool is that clock in the restaurant? Beautiful blog you have here! I’ll make sure to stop by frequently!
How have I missed your blog? It is so beautiful and inspiring and I just put a few more bucks in my “To Paris” jar. Thank you so much! I’ll certainly be back!