text: Don 't be put off it 's an exhilarating experience just attempting to come to grips with such vast collections of painting , sculpture , and artifacts from 5000 b.c. to 1848 ( from which date the Musee d 'Orsay 's French collections continue the story to 1914 ) .
  
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  There are plenty of tourists who become overwhelmed by the sheer vastness of the collection .