1 . M U S É E
D ' O R S A Y
1 RUE DE LA LÉGION
D'HONNEUR
In the centre of Paris on the banks of the Seine , in
front of the Tuileries garden , on the site of the
former station Orsay , which was built for the
Universal Exhibition of 1900 . Thus , the building
itself could be regarded as the first " work of art of
the XX century ", where art collections from 1848 to
1914 are presented .
" The station is excellent and looks like the Palace of
Arts ", - wrote the artist Edward Decret in 1900 .
Eighty - six years later , his prophecy was fulfilled .
The transformation of the station into a museum
was carried out by a group of architects ACT ,
consisting of M . Bardon , M . Kolbok and M . Filippone .
Their project was selected in 1979 from six others .
The architects allocated a large hall , using it as the
main hall , and turned a magnificent glass awning
into the museum entrance .
The museum was organized on three levels : on the
first floor of the gallery are located on both sides of
the central nave , overlooking the medium - level
terraces , on which , in turn , there are additional
exhibition galleries . The upper floor is located
above the lobby , built along the entire length of the
promenade and continuing to the ceiling of the
former hotel on the street de la Leonon - Honneur
( the former Rue de Bellehasse ).
The separate exhibition areas of the museum and
various objects are divided into three levels : the
Amon pavilion , the glass track of the western gear
of the former station , the museum - restaurant
( installed in the dining hall of the former hotel ), the
Hauteurs cafe , the bookstore and the concert hall .
The interior design of the museum was first
conceived by a team of stage designers and
architects led by Gea Aulenty . With Italo Rota ,