The Gare d'Orsay was a railway station and hotel. It was buit in 1900 and until 1939 it was the head of the southwestern French railroad network. In 1978 the building was classified a Historical Monument and on 1st December 1986 was inaugurated the Musée d'Orsay. Today the museum holds works by famous artists of XIX and XX century like Cézanne, Van Gogh, Degas, Manet, Renoir, Monet and many others.