An artist painting at the Musee d'Orsay

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.