Visit the Musee d'Orsay, the Impressionist Mecca
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Country: France 
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Media References
- Tracking Great Painters Within a Drive of Paris - NYTimes.com (newspaper)
- The Best Museums - NYTimes.com (newspaper)
- Best of Paris: Must-Dos - NationalGeographic.com (magazine)
- Free Paris! - NationalGeographic.com (magazine)
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