From an earlier post, reservations for L’Orangerie can be made at FNAC stores up to two days in advance.

For store locations:

http://wfd.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?lang=en

To reserve on line, then picking up tickets at a store [bringing the came credit
card]:

http://www.fnacspectacles.com/ficheM...H&_lang=en

Here are the pickup locations:

FNAC BASTILLE
4, Place de la Bastille 75012 PARIS Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 20h
Telephone number: 0143420404

FNAC CHAMPS-ELYSEES
74, Avenue des Champs-Elysées 75008 PARIS Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 24h Dim:11-24h(rdc),12-24h(sous-sol)
Telephone number: 0153536464

FNAC DIGITALE
77-81, Bd St-Germain 75006 PARIS Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 20h
Telephone number: 0153104444

FNAC ETOILE
26-30, Avenue des Ternes 75017 PARIS Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 19h30
Telephone number: 0144091800

FNAC FORUM
Forum des Halles 1-7, Rue Pierre Lescot 75001 PARIS Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 19h30
Telephone number: 0140414000

FNAC ITALIE II
Ctre Cial Italie 2 30, Avenue d'Italie 75013 PARIS Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 20h
Telephone number: 0158103000

FNAC LA DEFENSE
2, Place de la Défense CNIT 92053 PARIS-LA DEFENSE CEDEX Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 20h
Telephone number: 0140904090

FNAC MONTPARNASSE
136, Rue de Rennes 75006 PARIS Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 19h30
Telephone number: 0149543000

FNAC ST LAZARE
109, Rue Saint-Lazare 75009 PARIS Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au Samedi : 10h à 19h30 Jeudi : 10h à 21h30
Telephone number: 0155312000

Do you need tickets to the water lilies?

Melissa

You can also order online and have the tickets mailed if you have enough lead time. I have already gotten ticket for September and they are on their way!

are the tickets specific times for the water lilies or just to the museum?
melissa

Can reserved tkts be printed on line while still in the USA to have and to hold before leaving USA?

no, you can't print tickets at home.

They are for entry to the museum itself, not just Monet's waterlilies.

do you need tickets for the water lilies or they are just part of the museum ticket?

Melissa

The tickets allow entrance to the museum. You can see the 2 oval rooms of waterlilies and the collection of impressionist paintings in the lower level.
The advantage of the tickets is the same as that of a museum pass, moving to the front of a line (in our case, 2 weeks ago, a line of approx 150 people!) We'd seen all of the other museums on previous trips so these individual tickets were better for us than the museum pass.
The line for reservation or pass holders is to the right of the long line, easiest from the Tuileries to walk around the back of the Orangerie to access entry.

lisa,

did you order your tix from FNAC? i don't see a place on their (online) order form for mailing.

can't wait, even though we won't be there until next spring . . .!

So, are you saying , that if we get the museum pass then we don't need to buy these tickets.
Is that correct?

melissa

topping

Melissa-

Entrance is covered by the museum pass. However, when we tried to go through the "Reservations only" line last week, we were told it was only for those people with reservations (and I guess already ticketed). So we had to stand in line with everyone else.

Whether this was normal procedure or not I don't know.

What are the FNAC stores?

FNAC stores are like American Tower Records, Virgin Megastore, etc., I believe. See their website at www.fnac.fr and you'll get the idea.

Melissa,

I did order online. At the payment page, you can select (at the top of the form) whether you want to pick up in-store or have the tickets mailed. There is a charge for the mailing, but I did it in May for Musee D'Orsay and it was worth the extra cost to me not to have to worry about taking care of it once I got to Paris. Others, I'm sure, would advise to simply pick them up. Hope this helps!

Melissa,

I should have said that I ordered them from fnac online.

that's great, lisa. thanks!

Thanks so much for all this great information. I've waited so long to do this. It felt wonderful to print out the confirmation of my reservation in August and know that finally, finally I'll get to see this.

I've ordered tickets for L'Orangerie and have a Confirmation of Reservation that states an e-mail confirming the details will be sent to me.
Confirmation is in English... but when I access the FNAC website all I come up with is French. Have sent a message to inquire on my order status since e-mail has not arrived. However, all messages come back in French. Is there a secret to accessing an English translation? (Don't know how I got the confirm in English!)

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