Tour of the permanent collections

Musée d'Orsay. Comptoirs d'accueil. Length of visit 90 minutes

Through a few masterpieces, an overview of the museum collections, from paintings to decorative arts.
Children under 13 years of age not allowed in these guided tours.

English language tour

This ticket provides access to the Musée d'Orsay in the booked timeslot.

Includes access to the permanent collections and the temporary exhibitions (subject to availability):

• From 14 March to July 2nd, 2023: Pastels au musée d'Orsay
• From 28 March to July 23rd, 2023: Manet /Degas
  We strongly advise to book a specific time slot in advance to guarantee access to the exhibition in case of overcrowding.

Some of the museum’s artworks are not currently on display. The floor plan, indicating which rooms are closed for renovation, is available to download at: musee-orsay.fr

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Free entry for visitors eligible for free admission (no tickets or reservations required) upon presentation of proof of eligibility:
- Those under 18 years old,
- EU citizens aged between 18 and 25 years,
- People with disabilities (and any accompanier),
- ICOM cardholders.
Full list of entitlements at musee-orsay.fr

Access to the museum is free for all visitors on the 1st Sunday of every month. Reservation is compulsory.
- Sunday, June 4, 2023: tickets available online from Monday, May 8
- Sunday, July 2, 2023: tickets available online from Monday, June 5

The Enfant et compagnie (Child & Co) rate is reserved for paying adults (maximum 2) residents of the European Union, accompanying a child under 18 years of age.
On compulsory presentation of proof of residence in the European Union.

The late opening rate is €12 on Thursdays from 6pm.

A combined ticket Musée d'Orsay - Musée Rodin is available following this link.

Holders of a Paris Museum Pass or of a ticket purchased from a third-party vendor do not need a time slot reservation.

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Ticket for individual visitors only.
For a group visit (from 7 visitors), please book your compulsory visit slot at musee-orsay.fr

Permanent Collections, temporary exhibitions Pastels au musée d'Orsay and Manet / Degas

Permanent Collections
The Musée d'Orsay offers audio tours exploring its permanent collections, with commentary on over 300 works
These audio tours are available in French, German, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Russian.

Temporary exhibitions Pastels au musée d'Orsay (March 14 – July 2nd 2023) and Manet / Degas (March 28 – July 23, 2023):
For its major exhibitions, the Musée d'Orsay offers you audio-guided tours developed with the curators, who invite you to discover their selection of works with commentaries.
Available in English and French

Audio Guide for children: Audio tours exploring the permanent collection with commentary adapted for children between 6-12 years old.
Available in English and French.

The audioguides have induction loops for hearing-impaired visitors with hearing aids.

The Lunchtime Concerts

Tuesday 6 June 2023 – 12.30pm

Musée d'Orsay. Auditorium level-2

Discover one of the most exciting recitalist duos on the young American scene - no that that’s stopped the baritone from having a successful operatic career, or the pianist from venturing into the most daring experiments in contemporary repertoire and musical theater.

It will come as no surprise to see them choose the most abstract and metaphysical pieces by Schubert, and in Brahms, in which a false simplicity conceals a symbolist prescience. Contrast that with the vigorous sensuality of the French melodies of Ravel and Poulenc, and, for many no doubt, the discovery of the fascinating Liederbuch des Hafis, inspired by the Persian poet to Viktor Ullman in occupied Prague, in those fertile years before the musician's deportation and his murder in the death camps

The Lunchtime Concerts

Tuesday 7 March 2023 – 12.30pm

Musée d'Orsay. Auditorium level-2

Adam Laloum is one of France’s most singular and mysterious pianists, reinterpreting the great pages of the repertoire with a mixture of fever and analytical precision. Between German romanticism and the Spanish flame, is there a French synthesis?

In Parisian intellectual circles of the time of Manet and Degas, debate was fierce and the quarrels sometimes violent between lovers of Germanic music and those seeking a Latin path, readily turned to traditions from across the Pyrenees in Spain. Schumann was seen by some as neurotic or a poet of the soul, Wagner adored or hated, Albeniz despised as a tawdry folklorist or celebrated as a genius, etc. An admirer of the Master of Bayreuth, Fauré nevertheless knew how to distance himself from his influence.