Discover the richness of Paris’ cultural legacy In the heart of Paris, on the left bank of the River Seine, is one of the greatest art museums in the world: the Musée d’Orsay. Once a train station connecting the country’s southwest with the French Capital, it now hosts spacious galleries housing the most extensive collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the world. Masters like Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, and Cezanne are framed by the incredible Beaux-Arts architectural style of the 19th century former train station.