Musée d'Orsay Tickets with Audio Guide Paris

Overview

This is a timed-entry ticket to the Musée d'Orsay, the former Gare d'Orsay railway station on the Left Bank that now holds the world's greatest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection. You enter at your reserved time, visit the permanent collection and the current temporary exhibition, and stay as long as you like. You can choose the day ticket or a later evening ticket depending on the option. The visit is independent; the audio guide is not part of the ticket.

Highlights

• Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne and Van Gogh
• A Belle Époque railway station turned museum, with its giant station clock
• Reserved timed entry, so you avoid the ticket queue and pick your slot
• Access to the permanent collection and the current temporary exhibition
• Choose a day ticket or an evening ticket, depending on the option
• Wheelchair-accessible visit and one-day ticket validity

Itinerary

1. Arrive at your time slotGo to the entrance for timed-ticket holders on the museum side and show your voucher.
2. Ground floor sculpture naveWalk along the central aisle beneath the glass roof, about 20 minutes.
3. Impressionist galleriesSpend most of your time with Monet, Renoir, Degas and Manet, about 60 to 75 minutes.
4. Van Gogh and Post-ImpressionismFollow the paintings by Van Gogh, Cézanne and Gauguin, about 30 minutes.
5. Temporary exhibitionSee the current exhibition included in your ticket, about 30 minutes.
6. The clock and terraceFinish at the big clock, which gives a view over the Seine and Sacré-Cœur.

What's included

• Entry ticket to the Musée d'Orsay from 6:00 PM
• Access to the permanent collection
• Access to the temporary exhibition
• Reserved timed entry

Not suitable for

• Visitors who need an audio guide included in the ticket; it can be hired on site
• Anyone planning to leave and re-enter, as tickets are valid for one entry
• Visitors with large luggage, which is not accepted

Meeting point

The meeting point is the Musée d'Orsay at Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, on the Left Bank of the Seine. Use the entrance for visitors with timed tickets and show your voucher at your chosen time; the entrance can change during building works, so check your voucher. There is no hotel pickup. Nearest stops are the Musée d'Orsay RER C station and the Solférino metro station.

Important information

• Bring your voucher on your phone and photo ID if you use a reduced category.
• The ticket is valid for one entry on the chosen date and time; you cannot leave and re-enter.
• The museum is closed on Mondays, 1 May and 25 December.
• Large bags are not allowed; luggage up to a small cabin size can be stored on site.
• There is late opening on one evening a week; the evening option starts at six in the evening.
• The entrance for timed tickets can change during building works; check your voucher.
• Audio guides can be hired at the museum but are not included.