The Musee d'Orsay holds the world's most comprehensive collection of impressionist masterpieces, and provides inspiration to present day artists. It usually displays about 3000 works at a time and is 15th on the list of the world's most popular museums.
The museum holds 407 key works by the 9 key impressionist painters, including Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Pissarro, Morisot, Sisley and Bazille. There are also numerous works from pre and post impressionists including Van Gogh and Gauguin.