Monet's "Waterlilies"

If you are interested in seeing Claude Monet's famous impressionist paintings from his Waterlily series (Nymphéas) there is no better to place to go than the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris. This museum has been closed for renovations during our last three trips to France but was reopened in May, 2006.

If you are curious and want to see what all the hoopla is about check out their website:http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/index_u1l2.htm

At the top you can click on: la visite virtuelle de Nymphéas for a virtual visit of the two very large oval rooms built especially to showcase these masterpieces. (Salle 1 & Salle 2) You can use your mouse to rotate around the entire rooms and press shift to zoom in. Believe me when I say they are much better viewed in person! Magnifique!

Or you may click on English to get some printed info in English

This museum also contains many excellent paintings by Renoir, Cézanne,
Picasso, Rousseau and others.