We will wrap us our '12 trip to France with 3 full days in Paris before flying home.

We would like to visit a number of musees we havent seen or want to revisit during this time but we may be not allowing enough time per museum to do any their
justice.

What would anyone suggest to allow enough time at:

Orangerie (do in combo with the Orsay)
Hunting and Nature
Jacquenmart-Andre
Marmattan
Carnavet
Rodin

We will also try to squeeze in a photo op to the Effel Tower and the Cimetriere de Pere Lachaise and maybe a short "Paris Walk" in the Marais area where we are staying!

Merci, Dale

How long to spend depends very much on your level of interest. Some people do the Louvre in 45 minutes (getting pix in front of a couple of the biggies) and some people spend the whole day - or even more.

I think we spend about 1.5 hours in the Rodin - including the garden. We spent almost 3 in the Orsay - but we love inmpressionists.

It's really hard to tell someone else how long they should spend in a museum when one knows so little about your interests.

Orangerie - for the Monet waterlilies, I would take about an hour or less. There is usually another temporary exhibit on the lower level. It depends on the exhibit and whether you are interested.

Marmatton - at least an hour but it takes a while to get there by Metro from central Paris. I'd plan about 3 hours altogether.

Rodin - between 1 and 2 hours. If it is a nice day, we like to spend a lot of time in the sculpture/rose garden. It is a nice place for a picnic.

Jacquemart-Andre - an hour or so unless you want to go for Sunday brunch.

I haven't been to the others.

I'd give Pere Lachaise, Rodin, and Carnavalet 2 hours each. About an hour for the Orangerie and Jacquemart-Andre. The Louvre could be an hour or 10 hours, depending on what you want to see. If only want to see the 10 most known works then an hour or so is fine.

I was in Paris last month for 12 nights essentially on a self-guided non-museum walkathon reacquainting with some sites visited 30 years ago and checking out other areas, but still managed to spend a couple of hours each at the Louvre and d'Orsay (in the evenings, Wednesday and Thursday respectively) and a good hour at each of the Jacquemart and Carnavalet and perhaps 45 mins in the Rodin Garden and shop.

PS - Non flash photography permitted at the Louvre, but not the d'Orsay and at the Carnavalet, but not the Jacquemart.

It really does depend on your interest in art and also whether you want to just hit the highlights or to really drink in the art in any one place. I spent 3 hours at the Rodin and didn't nearly feel it had been enough. Pere Lachaise I spent several hours and walked through only about 1/4 of it the last time I was here-- the various kinds of monuments and sculptures were amazing and a lot to take in at once. I'm in Paris now and top of my list of things to do is return to Pere Lachaise with a lot more time set aside for this.

On the other hand, one could pick out a few pieces you want to see at Rodin, Pere Lachaise, and the other museums and go straight to them and I could see how that might be equally enjoyable.

Personally, I am always willing to sacrifice seeing a number of museums for seeing one well but many people would be totally bored with the amount of time I can look at one piece.

If I were going to limit my time in each museum, I would want to look at a few pieces well rather than feel rushed from piece to piece. Just my opinion.

For a bit of variety Pere Lachaise might also be combined as I did a few weeks back with a walk from the Pyrenees metro down through the Parc de Belleville with its elevated views of central Paris, then along rue and bd Belleville with the market on the median strip (the sight but not the buzz spoiled somewhat for bourgeoise sensibilities by the vendors' parked white vans) and a short detour down the upper section of Oberkampf. (After PL an easy walk back to where I was staying in the 5th.)

If there is a special exhibit at the Jacquemart Andre count on spending an hour in line