Musée d'Orsay
Musée d'Orsay is an art museum. Look for it in Paris 7e. Our list has 2,193 more places within 15 km; first among them is Musée du Louvre, at 800 m.
Museum in Paris 7e
One of the best-known places to visit in France
#5 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (122 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓
In Paris 7e
Musée d'Orsay is in the commune of Paris 7e, with 1,540 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.
Weather, month by month
If warmth matters, go April to October: Paris 7e reaches 18–27°C.
Musée d'Orsay
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 122 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Covered in
- 122 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
- Commune
- Paris 7e, Paris
- Official site
- musee-orsay.fr
Getting in
- EntryA fee is charged
The map
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Musée d'Orsay is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Paris 7e. · commune boundary: IGN
Nearby towns
In size, Paris 9e comes first of the 8, with 57,271 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Paris 7e
Paris 1er
Paris 6e
Paris 2e
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Musée d'Orsay is | People |
|---|---|---|
| Paris 7e | It’s in this commune | 48,015 |
| Paris 1er | 1 km east of it | 15,114 |
| Paris 6e | 1.4 km south of it | 40,389 |
| Paris 2e | 1.7 km northeast of it | 19,847 |
| Paris 8e | 2 km northwest of it | 35,317 |
| Paris 9e | 2.2 km northeast of it | 57,271 |
| Paris 4e | 2.5 km east of it | 27,332 |
| Paris 5e | 2.5 km southeast of it | 55,252 |
More near Musée d'Orsay
Among the 2,193 within 15 km are 7 attractions and a museum.
AttractionTour Eiffel2.4 km west, in Paris 7e3
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris1.9 km southeast, in Paris 4e4
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées2 km northwest, in Paris 8e5
AttractionPlace de la Concorde700 m northwest, in Paris 8e6AttractionAttractionAssemblée nationale700 m west, in Paris 7e7
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile2.8 km northwest, in Paris 8e8
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée1.4 km northwest, in Paris 8eWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Musée d'Orsay: questions
Where is Musée d'Orsay?
Musée d'Orsay is in Paris 7e, in Paris (Île-de-France).
What is Musée d'Orsay?
Art museum in Paris, France.
How well known is Musée d'Orsay?
Musée d'Orsay has 122 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5 of the 37,318 French places we list.
When is the best time to visit Musée d'Orsay?
April to October are the warmest months in Paris 7e, with afternoon highs of 18–27°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).
What else is there to see near Musée d'Orsay?
Within 15 km: Musée du Louvre (800 m), Tour Eiffel (2.4 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (1.9 km) and Avenue des Champs-Élysées (2 km).
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Place de la Concorde: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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