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ORSAY MUSEUM |
Orsay Museum History
On
the eve of the 1900 World Fair, the French government ceded the land
to the Orleans railroad company, who wanted to build a central Paris
terminus train station on the site of the ruined Palais d'Orsay. The
project was a challenging one due to the vicinity of the Louvre Museum
and the Palais de la Légion d'honneur: the new station needed to be
perfectly integrated into its elegant surroundings. |
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Orsay Museum Pictures |
Key dates about Orsay Museum From 1900
to 1939, the Gare d'Orsay was the head of the southwestern French
railroad network. After 1939, the station had become too short for the
modern, longer trains that appeared with the progressive
electrification of the railroads. In 1975, the Direction des Musées de
France already considered installing a new museum in the train
station, in which all of the arts from the second half of the 19th
century would be represented. The Orsay Museum opened
its doors Dec 9th 1986. |
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