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Musée de l'Orangerie
A small museum in the Tuileries built around Monet's Water Lilies, eight huge panels in two oval rooms.
- Open
- Wednesday to Monday; closed Tuesdays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Jardin des Tuileries, 75001 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- Concorde station (Metro lines 1, 8 and 12).
Why Go
Monet designed the white oval rooms himself to hold his Water Lilies, which surround you in a calm lit by daylight from above.
Downstairs, a collection of Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso fills the rest of the museum.
Nearby in Paris
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