Musée d'Orsay

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Musée d'Orsay

Paris · Landmark

The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. One of the largest art museums in Europe, it is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mainly French artworks dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography.

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Country: Paris · Landmark
Latitude: 48.86° N
Longitude: 2.33° E

Which way is Musée d'Orsay from…

From London, Musée d'Orsay lies at 148° to the south-east, 342 km as the crow flies.

London	148° south-east	342 km
New York	54° north-east	5,835 km
Madrid	25° north-east	1,052 km
Rome	318° north-west	1,107 km
Montreal	57° north-east	5,503 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	328° north-west	9,366 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

One bearing worth remembering for the Musée d’Orsay: due east from the Eiffel Tower, at 85°, 2.3 km away. From the Louvre, across the Seine, aim west, at 260°, 0.7 km. From the Arc de Triomphe it is south-east, at 124°, 2.8 km off, and from the Quai Branly Museum, due east once again, at 92°, 2.1 km.