Paris' Orsay Museum gets renovation to restore train depot details
PARIS -- Two decades ago, France transformed an abandoned railway station into a glittering museum for Impressionist masterpieces. Now, the Orsay Museum is getting another overhaul — to resurrect forgotten architectural details of the original train depot.
The museum on the banks of the Seine River is shrouded in scaffolding and netting as experts paint it, rebuild corroded metal marquees and restore pollution-stained stonework.
The touchups on the facade are part of a broader renovation that will cost upward of €12.4 million (US$16 million). Instead of just cleaning up the stones, researchers have gone on a search for the building's roots.
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The museum on the banks of the Seine River is shrouded in scaffolding and netting as experts paint it, rebuild corroded metal marquees and restore pollution-stained stonework.
The touchups on the facade are part of a broader renovation that will cost upward of €12.4 million (US$16 million). Instead of just cleaning up the stones, researchers have gone on a search for the building's roots.