Musée d’Orsay - Paris

I spent my free Saturday roaming around Paris. There is really nothing not to like about this city. Tons of museums and places of interest. Today I went to the Musée d’Orsay, which houses French Art of the 1800’s, picking up where the Louvre’s art collection leaves off. This means Impressionism. The Orsay has the best general collection of Monet, Renoir, Degas, and van Gogh. I saw the famous paintings below.

Claude Monet – Garden at Giverny

Edgar Degas – The Dance Class (1873-1875)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Dance at the Moulin de la Galette (1876)

Vincent Van Gogh – Self Portrait (1887)

I don’t pretend to love Art and don't exactly know how to appreciate them like some people, but it’s nice to walk in and learn a little bit of history on these famous paintings. I feel like it makes me a little more knowledgeable about the Art culture.

It's a toss-up between the Louvre and the Orsay. I like Impressionist artworks so that part I like about the Orsay, but the Louvre has so many more "famous and well-known" artwork and sculptures like the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo so it's a must-go. I went to the Louvre last time, but would love to go again. I think one can spend 3 solid days there and still won't be able to see everything.