A Gallery I Wish I’d Missed
I regretted going to the Musee D’Orsay, as I was tired after my walk and it wasn’t a gallery that was easy to visit, if you were in your sixties and showing the odd sign of wear and tear.
Compared to the Louvre, it was very second rate, with no working lifts and no escalators, and steps everywhere, which would make it probably a no-go for many.
In some ways if your compare it to the Louvre, the four Tates, the Royal Academy and the Louvre, the layout is very 1980s and the Musee D’Orsay desperately needs an update to bring it up to modern standards.
It also annoyed me that photography is not allowed, so I was unable to take pictures of the building, which was one of my reasons for going.
I also felt that the Sade exhibition was rather pretentious, long winded, cramped into a too small exhibition space and badly presented.
It certainly wasn’t good value at I think eleven euros with no senior discount.
The Anonymous Widower 
[…] After Republique, I took the Metro to the Bir Hakeim, with the aim of having a river cruise. I didn’t see a boat running or anybody to ask, but a notice said there had been floods, so I just walked along the Seine to the Musee D’Orsay. […]
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I went there to see “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny” by Monet, a painting I really love, and wanted to see the original – or at least, one of the originals, he painted his garden a lot! I wasn’t keen on Musee d’Orsay, we only did one floor, the one with that painting. I had thought it was in Louvre, but it wasn’t and they sent me down to l’Orangerie, which has Les Nymphaides. They sent me on the long long walk to Musee d’Orsay; it was one of the hottest Augusts for decades. But it was worth it. Beautiful picture. But as I say, didn’t like the actual museum, especially the glass floors.
Comment by nosnikrapzil | January 15, 2015 |
I go regularly to the Tate and I must have seen the Matisse cut-outs with seven or eight people, and none had any difficulty with the building. It ruined my enjoyment of the art.
Comment by AnonW | January 15, 2015 |
What a pity – there are so many beautiful pictures…
Comment by Candy Blackham | January 15, 2015 |
Agreed, but I don’t think I’ve found a museum or gallery so visitor unfriendly.
On a small point, the cafe was unwelcoming, whereas on my last visit to Paris, at the Louvre despite large crowds in the cafe, they welcomed me warmly.
The museum desperately needs a makeover of the building and the management.
Comment by AnonW | January 15, 2015 |