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Orsay Museum Paris Entry Ticket + Audioguide on Your Smartphone
Step into the world’s most famous Impressionist museum — the Musée d’Orsay. This experience includes: Musée d’Orsay entry ticket and self-guided audio guide on your smartphone (not an official museum audio guide). You’ll explore the museum at your own pace while we explain 50 iconic artworks across 48 audio stops. It’s not a full catalogue of everything inside the museum (there’s a lot more!), but it is the perfect route to understand why these artists changed art forever. You’ll learn: how Im
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Overview
- ✓Step into the world’s most famous Impressionist museum — the Musée d’Orsay.
- ✓This experience includes: Musée d’Orsay entry ticket and self-guided audio guide on your smartphone (not an official museum audio guide).
- ✓You’ll explore the museum at your own pace while we explain 50 iconic artworks across 48 audio stops.
- ✓It’s not a full catalogue of everything inside the museum (there’s a lot more!), but it is the perfect route to understand why these artists changed art forever.
- ✓You’ll learn: how Impressionism was born; how to tell Monet from Manet; why we keep staring at certain paintings — and what makes them truly great.
Step into the world’s most famous Impressionist museum — the Musée d’Orsay. This experience includes: Musée d’Orsay entry ticket and self-guided audio guide on your smartphone (not an official museum audio guide). You’ll explore the museum at your own pace while we explain 50 iconic artworks across 48 audio stops. It’s not a full catalogue of everything inside the museum (there’s a lot more!), but it is the perfect route to understand why these artists changed art forever. You’ll learn: how Impressionism was born; how to tell Monet from Manet; why we keep staring at certain paintings — and what makes them truly great. Expect short, engaging stories with a bit of humor — written by real historians, journalists, and editors. Offline 3D map included — no group, no rush, no stress. The tour takes around 2.5 hours, but you can pause anytime for a coffee break. Bring your own phone + headphones. Nothing is provided at the museum.
Step into the world’s most famous Impressionist museum — the Musée d’Orsay. This experience includes: Musée d’Orsay entry ticket and self-guided audio guide on your smartphone (not an official museum audio guide). You’ll explore the museum at your own pace while we explain 50 iconic artworks across 48 audio stops. It’s not a full catalogue of everything inside the museum (there’s a lot more!), but it is the perfect route to understand why these artists changed art forever. You’ll learn: how Impressionism was born; how to tell Monet from Manet; why we keep staring at certain paintings — and what makes them truly great. Expect short, engaging stories with a bit of humor — written by real historians, journalists, and editors. Offline 3D map included — no group, no rush, no stress. The tour takes around 2.5 hours, but you can pause anytime for a coffee break. Bring your own phone + headphones. Nothing is provided at the museum.
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What’s Included
- ✓48 audio recordings narrated by a professional historian
- ✓Landmark Illustrations
- ✓Audio guide app for iPhone and Android
- ✓1 year of access to the audio guide
- ✓Offline map featuring a route for effortless GPS navigation
- ✓Entrance fees
What’s NOT Included
- ✗No official museum audio guide provided
- ✗The audio guide does not cover all of the museum's exhibits
- ✗Some of the exhibitions in the museum may not be on display due to being loaned to other museums
What to Bring
- •Public transportation options are available nearby
- •Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- •The audio guide is provided via mobile app for iOS and Android
- •This is not an official Orsay museum audio guide
- •The tour doesn’t cover all Orsay museum rooms and exhibits
- •This a self-guided tour - you will have to download audio guide mobile app, activate your purchase and follow the route on the mobile app map (with no human guide)
- •Audio guide is available anytime, date and time during checkout are approximate
- •This ticket does not include skip-the-line access (regular entrance)
- •Go to Musée d’Orsay at any time (ticket without time slot attached in email)
- •No equipment provided (use your own phone + headphones)
- •We will send your tickets and all the necessary information 24 hours before your visit
Meeting and Pickup
🚐Meet at start point
📍 Meeting point / start
- The tour starts at the main entrance of the Orsay museum - This is a self-guided tour, no guide will be at the meeting point - Go to Musée d’Orsay at any time (ticket without time slot attached in email) - Launch the TouringBee app, start 'Orsay Museum Audio Guide' and follow the route
🏁 End point
- The tour starts at the main entrance of the Orsay museum - This is a self-guided tour, no guide will be at the meeting point - Go to Musée d’Orsay at any time (ticket without time slot attached in email) - Launch the TouringBee app, start 'Orsay Museum Audio Guide' and follow the route
Good to know
- Guide languages
- German, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Spanish
- Book at least
- 1 day(s) before
- Children
- Must travel with an adult
- Ages
- Child 0–17 · Adult 18–99
- Ticket
- • Orsay Museum: Show your digital or printed ticket at the museum entrance (Esplanade – Accès Parvis). • Audio guide: Along with your tickets, you will receive a link to activate the audio guide. Please activate the audio guide and download the tour data in advance of your visit.
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
2.5 h
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris is a world-renowned museum housed in a former Beaux-Arts railway station along the Seine. It holds one of the finest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world, featuring masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Renoir, Cézanne, and many others. The museum’s vast, light-filled galleries preserve the grandeur of its original 19th-century architecture while offering an intimate encounter with revolutionary works from 1848 to 1914. With its blend of art, history, and atmosphere, the Musée d'Orsay is a must-visit for lovers of modern painting and sculpture.
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