Your experience
Explore the Orsay Museum with reserved access, flexible visit options, and optional upgrades for deeper art discovery.
Getting started
Scan your mobile ticket at the Orsay Museum entrance and proceed through the reserved or fast-track access line, as per the option selected. Go through security checks, then enter directly to begin exploring the permanent collections and any temporary exhibitions included in your ticket. If your option includes an app-based audio guide or virtual reality experience, follow the link shared with your ticket and use your own headphones.
What to expect
Orsay Museum
Housed in a former railway station, the Orsay Museum is dedicated to 19th and early 20th century art, with extensive Impressionist and post-Impressionist collections.
Features
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Access the museum’s permanent collections, and, if you select the relevant option, explore temporary exhibits such as Gustave Caillebotte: Music of Colors and Renoir and Love, A Joyful Modernity (1865–1885) during your visit.
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See highlights such as Luncheon on the Grass by Manet and Starry Night Over the Rhône by Van Gogh at Orsay, and Water Lilies by Monet at the Orangerie Museum, if you choose the Orsay Museum + Orangerie Museum entry ticket option, which emphasizes these masterpieces across both museums.
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Use the app-based audio guide, available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Chinese, if you select an audio guide option for self-guided commentary separate from the museum’s own device.
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Benefit from reserved access tickets as standard, opt for flexible entry or Thursday evening entry between 6 pm and 9 pm, or choose fast-track entry variants for quicker access to the galleries.
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If you select a virtual reality option, experience the Paris 1874 Statue of Liberty VR journey in a 50-minute session, with 35 minutes in VR available in English, Chinese, Spanish, and French, tracing the statue’s creation from Bartholdi’s first idea to its unveiling in New York.
Wrapping up
If you select upgrade options, you can enrich your visit with experiences such as a 2-hour guided tour inside Orsay, a fast-track entry plus Paris 1874 virtual reality session, access to the Eiffel Tower summit, a Seine bridges walking tour with an English-speaking guide, a 1-hour Seine River cruise with views of the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, and Notre-Dame, or combined entry to both Orsay and the Orangerie Museum featuring Water Lilies, Starry Night Over the Rhône, and Luncheon on the Grass.
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- Mobile ticketShow it on your phone
- Duration2 hours
- CancellationNon-refundable
- Enjoy a relaxed, self-guided visit through Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces, with the freedom to explore at your own pace.
- Explore the museum’s permanent collections across galleries, then, when included with your ticket, step into temporary exhibitions on display.
- Browse painting, sculpture, and decorative arts across several levels, moving between galleries to link works and themes that interest you most.
- Enhance your fast-track timed entry ticket with a free immersive audio guide or the Statue of Liberty VR experience (available until 31 January 2027). For greater flexibility, choose an open-dated ticket and visit anytime during opening hours on your selected day.
- Entry to Orsay Museum
- Access to permanent and temporary exhibitions
- Immersive audio guide (as per option selected)
- Virtual reality experience (as per option selected)
- Reserved access entry (as per option selected)
- Flexible Orsay Museum entry (as per option selected)
Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly. Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point. Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
These tickets can't be cancelled or rescheduled.
- Getting there: Paris, Paris.
- Wheelchair access: This venue is wheelchair friendly and offers wheelchairs against an ID.
- Guide dogs: Guide dogs are welcome at the venue.
- Pets: Pets are not allowed inside the venue.
- Free entry day: Entry is free on the first Sunday of every month.
- Cloakroom: You can leave coats, small luggage, and other items in the cloakrooms free of charge.
- Audio guide app: We recommend downloading the audio guide app before your visit; instructions and the link will be shared with your ticket.
- Headphones: Please bring your own headphones to use with the audio guide app.
- Arrival time: Please arrive 30 minutes in advance for a seamless entry and security checks.
