During the 19th century, two buildings were established on the site of the future Orsay station: the Calvary barracks and the Palais d'Orsay. But during the violent uproar known as the Paris Commune in 1871, the whole neighborhood was burnt down and the ruins of the Palais d'Orsay would stay as a reminder of the Civil War.
In the 1900s, the French government sold the land to the Orleans railroad company and determined that a central terminus station was to be built in the ruins of the Palais d'Orsay. From 1900 to 1939, the Gare d'Orsay was the head of the French railroad network. Unfortunately, its glory days ended in 1939 as the platforms became too short for the modern trains and therefore could only serve the suburbs. Throughout the years, the station served many different purposes: appearing in movies, sending letters to prisoners of the Second World War, etc... But in 1975, the Direction of Museums of France were already considering building a museum in place of the station, in which all of the works of art from the second half of the 19th century would be on display. The building was considered a Historical Monument in 1978 and a committee was made to oversee the construction of the museum. The d'Orsay Museum was officially opened to the public on December 9th, 1986. The museum shows the disparity of artistic creations in the western world between 1848 and 1914. Further more, the collections of the museum come mainly from three establishments: the Luvre museum, the Musee du Jeu de Paume, and the National Museum of Modern Art. Now, the museum attracts over 3 million people each year with 3,000 works of art on permanent display. Down below are some pictures from my time there!
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