powellretired

We understand it has reopened.

Can someone supply the days open, hours, etc.

Thanks.

Anthony

Seamus

yes it has reopened but admission is only by tickets which specify a certain time for entry. even with a ticket you may have to wait in line a bit, though I have heard that the lines are thinning somewhat.
You can purchase tickets at FNAC. Chek out this post http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34821853

Neopolitan

Seamus are you sure when you say "admission is only by tickets which specify a certain time for entry"?

We went in July this summer. We walked up in the middle of the afternoon, got in line, and about 25 minutes later were admitted, bought our tickets, and visited the museum. It was very simple. Some others were appearing with reservations and going in ahead of us, but our wait was not bad at all.

Has it changed since July?

Seamus

It was June when we were last there, and there was no way to get in without a ticket purchased in advance - and the shortets wait was at least 3 or 4 days. A Parisian friend reported in August that things had slowed down, but still recommended that anyone who wants to be sure to get in during a specific timeframe (as in during a brief visit) purchase the advance tickets.
BTW Anthony, it is closed on Tuesdays.

djkbooks

We visited Musee de l'Orangerie on September 18th with timed tickets we purchased ahead at FNAC. We got right in when we walked up to the entrance and the guard saw our FNAC envelope.

The line was not nearly as long as I observed in May.

CarolA

If you have a museum pass you get to go to a MUCH shorter line to get it. I was in after about 5 mintues this past July. Folks in line were waiting well over half an hour according to people I spoke with and it was HOT that day!

clevelandbrown

We've been to a couple of exhibitions in Paris where the literature said that advanced tickets were required, but where, in the afternoon, if the crowds were not bad, they would admit people without the advanced tickets, subject, of course, to people with tickets going to the head of the line.

Twice we got in, but that's not much of a record to say that it always will work, so I try to get tickets rather than trusting to luck.

Neopolitan

What museum pass includes the Orangerie? I thought it wasn't included.

mvor

We were there in late June. There are two lines. One for walk up tix (we waited about an hour since we went after lunch) and a second for timed tix and the museum pass. People w/the pass or timed tix were also asked to wait depending on the capcacity of the building but they typically entered w/in 5-minutes.

It was very well run and once inside it was nice to be able to see the artwork w/out too many people crowding around.

Enjoy; it's marvelous!

CarolA

In July the normal four day museum pass included this museum. (which was one of the reasons I purchased the thing) I have not checked since then.

GregY2

My wife & I viisted the Orangerie Monday this week. There is no need to buy an ticket in advance other than for avoiding the queue. We joined the line at 12:30, when the museum opens, and it took about 40 minutes to get in. By that time however, the line was much reduced and I would guess that those arriving at 1:30 would have only spent 15-20 minutes in the queue. People with Musee & Monument cards or advance purchased ticket had no line at all - basically straight in. I would guess that this was typical for this time of the year. Regarding purchase though fnac etc - be careful because they are often only available for several days later - we enquired at fnac for tickets on Monday but they only had tickets for the following week. The renovations are excellent, with much improved viewing condions, and of course the paintings are great.

Neopolitan

I would also suspect that if you have tickets for let's say 2 PM, you are likely to lose at least a half hour or more of that day -- making sure your schedule works out to be at the museum at that time. Frankly, going when I want and waiting that same half hour, seems so much less difficult.

Incidentally our 20 minutes in line chatting with a local couple was a well rewarded 20 minutes of time. And although it was hot that day, the line snakes under a line of trees and it was amazingly pleasant.

mvor

Hi Neo, was the violinist playing whilst you were in line? We had a tiny bit of rain and it was so peaceful walking through the trees listening to him perform. A great prelude to the museum itself.

djkbooks

When we purchased our tickets at FNAC, we were advised that we could enter up to an hour before or after our scheduled time. Our tickets were for 3PM, but we had an early lunch, then headed over and were admitted at 1:30.