Musée de l'Orangerie, National art museum in Tuileries Garden, Paris, France.
Description
The Musée de l'Orangerie is a national art museum in the Tuileries Garden in Paris that shows impressionist and post-impressionist works across two floors. The galleries receive light through large windows in the ceiling, allowing paintings to be seen under natural daylight.
History
The building was constructed in 1852 as a greenhouse for orange trees from the Tuileries and later served as storage space and an exhibition hall. Monet convinced the French government to display his large water lily paintings there permanently, leading to the opening of the museum in 1927.
Culture
The name Orangerie comes from the original use of the building as a winter shelter for delicate citrus trees from the royal gardens. Visitors today find a meditative setting in the two oval rooms where they are surrounded by water lilies and can sit on benches placed throughout the space.
Practical
The museum sits close to Place de la Concorde and opens daily except Tuesday from 9 AM to 6 PM. The first Sunday of each month offers free entry for all visitors.
Did you know?
The eight water lily panels form a continuous horizon with no beginning or end and surround the viewer completely. Monet worked on this series for almost three decades and donated it to the French state on the day after the armistice of the First World War.
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