Hi all
A few years ago (and I can't believe it's almost 2 years now) I saw Monet at the Grand Palais. I bought the Carte Sesame online, printed from home, and was all set.
This time, the Grand Palais has Edward Hopper and we are thinking about that exhibit too (this trip is going to be jam-packed!).
I am also thinking of the Musee d'Orsay exhibit on Impressionism and Fashion. It would make sense to have a line-jumper pass for this one as well. Would that mean buying a year membership (which is what the Carte Sesame at the Grand Palais is?)
Would it make sense to just go to FNAC the day I arrive and get both annual passes right there on the spot? Will FNAC sell annual passes or only one-time exhibit passes?
Thank you.
FNAC and Museum passes
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I saw the La Boheme exhibit at the Grand Palais about a month ago, but not the Hopper. I've seen tons of Hopper elsewhere, so that wasn't of priority for me. There was a very short line when I went.
In any case, FNAC does sell the Carte Sesame if that's what you want. I don't really understand why you want to buy a yearly pass to go to one exhibit, you know that is over 35 euro. Of course you can buy one ticket to the Orsay instead of a yearly pass. You can always buy one ticket to museums. FNAC sells lots of tickets, even regular ones, not just for special exhibits (ie, a regular ticket to the Louvre).
eg
http://www.fnacspectacles.com/place-spectacle/manifestation/Exposition-L-IMPRESSIONNISME-ET-LA-MODE-MODE.htm
we were able to buy a timed ticket for the D'Orsay exhibit a couple of weeks ago. I did it online, after arrival, using digitic. The D'Orsay website, if you follow the links, gives you a choice of 2 or 3 online sellers for these tickets. We had no trouble getting a time we wanted about 2 days in advance.
On the other hand, we showed up at the Musee D'Orsay on the day of our tickets, to find the museum closed as the workers were on a 1 day strike. We went back 2 days later and were able to use our timed ticket, now a different day and different time, but they took them.
Hi, thank you for the input.
If a one-time ticket would still be a line-jumper ticket, that would be fantastic. For the Monet exhibit, the Carte Sesame was recommended and if Hopper is very popular that may be a good idea. Maybe we will stroll by and see how bad the lines are. Christina, you said the lines weren't bad? I would expect Monet to be a lot more popular than Hopper but what do I know.
Same with the Musee d'Orsay. If a one time ticket works, great! There will be 6 of us and I don't want to be a hold up.