Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, Art museum in Giverny, France
Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny occupies a two-storey building at 99 rue Claude Monet, designed by Philippe Robert of Reichen et Robert. Its light grey concrete facade has a projecting white upper section and a recessed band of north-facing windows overlooking a terrace. Inside are three stepped exhibition rooms, a shop and a restaurant; the garden by Mark Rudkin holds over 22,000 flowers.
Daniel J. Terra, an American collector, opened the Musée d'Art Américain on this site in 1992, showing works by American painters who had worked in Giverny. The Terra Foundation ran it until the end of 2008. In 2009 the building reopened as the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny, an EPCC backed by the Terra Foundation, the Musée d'Orsay and Norman regional authorities.
The museum celebrates how this artistic movement influenced creators from many countries and time periods. Visitors see how international artists took up and carried forward the legacy of this particular approach to painting.
The museum sits about one hour by car from Paris and Rouen and is easily reached by vehicle or bus. Visitors should plan about one and a half to two hours to walk through, especially if they spend time exploring the outdoor spaces.
The garden was designed by landscape architect Mark Rudkin together with museum architect Philippe Robert and holds the French "Jardin remarquable" label. It contains more than 22,000 flowers, arranged in beds hidden by low hedges that reveal themselves gradually, running from a small pond up to a broad flowered meadow.
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