I am traveling to Paris as a pre-college student with my grandmother and great grandmother on a tour in August and would like to know where I can see a Monet exhibit. <BR>Would I go to the Lourve? I appreciate any <BR>suggestions or comments. Thank you very much. Amber from Florida <BR>

Hi Amber,IN Paris go to the Musee d'Orsay and to the Musee de L'Orangerie des Tulleries in the Tulleries Gardes\ns. <BR>In this last one you can find the <BR>Nympheas, I think that Monet himself <BR>supervised the installation of these huge panels...and ask there I am sure you can find other places. <BR> <BR>Also in Giverny, there is the Claude MOnet Foundation <BR>02-32-51 28 21 there you can visit the gardens where he painted some of his most famous paintings such us the Nympheas mentioned before, reservation is a must. <BR>Giverny is only some 70 kms NW of Paris. <BR> <BR>Good luck.

Amber, <BR> <BR>I don't believe the Louvre has any works by Monet. You can see Monet's paintings at the Marmottan Museum in the Bois de Bologne (Metro - La Muette), at the Orangerie, near the Tuileries, where the Water Lilies are housed or at the Orsay Museum. You can also go to Giverny which is outside Paris to see Monet's house and gardens. It's an easy train ride to Giverny. <BR>Adrienne <BR>

Hi, <BR> <BR>L'Orangerie is closed for now. It should reopen next year. Go to Giverny, by all means! <BR> <BR>Musee Marmottan and Musee d'Orsay will have Monets... <BR> <BR>Beth

Musee d'Orsay and Musee Marmottan are definitely the best places in Paris to see Monet's paintings. Musee Marmottan has recently expanded. The collection now exhibits early works including political cartoons and a self-portrait of the younger Monet I had never seen before. There are no Monets at the Louvre, but the Louvre is positively not to be missed! At Giverny, you can see Monet's home and gardens, but none of his paintings are there. I think you'd also enjoy some of the lesser known (and not mobbed) museums such as Jacquemart-Andre and Nissim de Camondo. Be sure to check out www.paris.org and www.intermusees.com for listings of all the museums with descriptions of their collections. L'Orangerie is, indeed, closed for renovation - that collection is on display (except for the downstairs water lily panels) at the Musee des Beaux Arts in Montreal until September 15th.

A recent magazine article told me that the Musee Marmottan is currently presenting its entire collection of works by Monet, the largest in the world, through Dec 31.

Hi Amber. If you want to go to Giverny to see the Monet's house and gardens, take the train to Vernon. From the train station, we took a taxi to Giverny. There is a bus, but we moved too slowly and the bus filled up before we could get on. It is a little too far to walk out there unless you are a fast walker, also the route is not straight-forward. <BR>You take the train from Gare St. Lazare. <BR>We left about noon and came back with the 6 PM train. The problem with an afternoon visit is the crowds. Tour buses came up all afternoon in an endless stream it seems. <BR>The train schedule from St. Lazare to Vernon (train to Rouen) is odd. <BR>There is nothing mid morning as I recall. Either very early or about noon. You can check the schedule at the French train web page. www.sncf.fr <BR>There is an English version if you don't feel comfortable with French. <BR>As a previous poster pointed out, there are no Impressionist paintings at the Louvre. There are some Monets at Musee d'Orsay along with many other greats of that era. Musee Marmottan has a host of paintings given by Monet's son. <BR>So between those two museums you should get a very experience viewing Monet's paintings. There are of course many of his painting scattered all over the world in various other museums, but these two museums have the largest concentrations. Surprisingly, the house at Giverny very few paintings. But the gardens are special. Musee d'Orsay is easy to visit and the food in the restaurant is very good. We ate there and stared at the ceiling because it is a lovely painting. For an old train station, d'Orsay is a tremendous art gallery.

Amber, <BR>The above posters are all correct. My personal favorite for Monet's is Musee Marmattan (Metro stop LaMuette). Your grandmother & great grandmother might actually enjoy it more then a huge museum (depending on their ages and agility of course) as it is not a overwhelmingly large place to visit. It's a wonderful 18th century house and the exhibit's are marvelous. There is a senior discount available too, just ask at admissions.