The VU’ agency suggested giving a free hand to five of its greatest photographers: Gabriele Basilico, Rip Hopkins, Richard Dumas, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Stanley Greene. They have each photographed one particular aspect of the Museum – its architecture, staff, collections and its public. Their work will be shown in the Museum, in four exhibitions.



Juan Manuel Castro Pietro Alexandre Séon, Lamentation d’Orphée Louis Welden Hawkins, Séverine Emile René Ménard, L’Age d’Or (left and right-hand parts), RR Emmanuel Fremiet, Saint Michel terrassant le dragon (c) Agence VU’, 2006

Christian Caujolle founded the photography agency VU’ in 1986 after working for the Libération newspaper, and in 2006 it celebrates its twentieth anniversary. To mark this occasion, and linked to the Musée d’Orsay’s own twentieth anniversary, it opened to the public on 6 December 1986.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

Access
entrance to the museum and exhibitions by the square 1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur:
* for individual visitors without ticket on the side of the river Seine, entrance A
* for members (Carte Blanche and MuséO holders), visitors with tickets or passes or with priority on the side of the rue de Lille, entrance C
* for adults in groups
on the side of the river Seine, entrance B
* for school groups
on the side of the rue de Lille, entrance D

Transportation
Buses: 24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84, and 94
Métro: line 12, Solférino station
RER: line C, Musée d’Orsay station
Boat: Batobus
Taxis: Rue de Solférino and Quai Anatole-France
Car parks: Deligny, Louvre and Montalembert

Opening Hours
The museum is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 9.30am to 6pm and on Thursdays from 9.30am to 9.45pm
Tickets sold until 5pm, 9pm on Thursdays
Galleries start closing at 5.30pm, 9.15pm on Thursdays
The museum is open on Easter Sunday, on May 25, on July 14, on November 1 and on November 11
The museum is shut on Mondays and on January 1, May 1 and December 25

2006 Ticket Prices
Ticket for the museum and exhibitions except Maurice Denis
Full price : 7.5 Euros
Reduced rate : 5.5 Euros
On Sundays and from 4.15 pm (8 pm on Thursdays): 5.5 Euros

For further information, you can visit the following website:
Musee Orsay