Musée d’Orsay

This was a very cool museum with a lot of famous and interesting artwork, especially Monet and Van Gogh. It was smaller and much less crowded than the Louvre with a focus on more “modern” (like 1800s) art. I learned that I am not a huge fan of Monet - I found a lot of his art boring, although that may have been because we were exploring room after room full of his paintings. I really liked Van Gogh’s art though, not just because it is visually interesting but because I found the stories from his life to be fascinating, although also sad. His famous self portrait, probably the most famous thing we saw in the museum, was painted while he was in a psych ward and was an attempt at conveying his mental state to his brother.Read more