Le Musée d’ Orsay

Le Musée d’ Orsay

            Le Musée d’ Orsay is located in the center of Paris but opposite of Tuileries Garden.  The building today housing Le Musée d’ Orsay was an old train station built in the 1900s. The building was originally designed by Lucien Magne, Emile Bernard, and Victor Laloux. The original design included the integration of metal vaults as part of the stone exterior.  The length with the awning was 188 meters and without the awning was 173 meters. This old station was closed in 1939 because it was short for the trains of that era. Later, this building was used as a center for sending packages to prisoners during the Second World War. It was also used as a film set for the Kafka's The Trial film that was adapted by Orson Welles In 1977 this building was  It was redesigned by Bardon, Coboc and Philippon in 1977 to convert it into a museum.  Le Musée d’ Orsay was officially opened in December 1986 and included about 2,300 paintings 1,500 sculptures and 1,0,00 others. . Most of these art works came from other museums such as Le Musée du Luxembourg the collection has increased. This museum exhibits the work of arts from the period from 1948 to 1914. It displayed the works of famous French painters.  Vincent van Gogh made the painting “Starry Night Over the Rhone” which is still now in the museum today. Starry Night Over the Rhone painted this with oil paint on September 1888.