Since the Musée de l’Orangerie’s reopening in May 2006, one can rediscover in natural daylight the paintings known as the Nymphéas (the Water Lilies) by the impressionist artist Claude Monet.

There are two compelling reasons to visit l’Orangerie : Claude Monet’s Nymphéas (the Water Lilies), and the superb Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume collection which comprises 146 works, from the 1860s to the 1930s. This collection includes beautiful works by impressionist artists as Renoir, Cézanne… as well as works from the 20th century by Derain, Soutine, Picasso, Matisse, Utrillo…