Key info
- Tickets are bought on-site. No time slot, no queue at the entrance except during the first days of an exhibition. Details are on the booking page.
- Closed on Mondays, open 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tuesday to Sunday, late opening on Thursdays until 9:00 PM, last entry one hour before. See opening hours.
- The Paris Museum Pass is not accepted: the museum belongs to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, it’s not a national museum. Explanations on the Museum Pass page.
- Over a hundred Monets in the underground gallery, including Impression, soleil levant and the late Water Lilies. The room-by-room tour is on the what to see page.
- Giverny is 75 km away and closes for winter; the Marmottan stays open all year. To do both, there’s a day trip starting from the museum.
What’s included in the Monet day trip: Marmottan + Giverny
The only GetYourGuide offer that includes the Musée Marmottan Monet: meet in front of the museum in the morning, Giverny in the afternoon, return to Paris around 6 pm.
What you’ll see
- The Musée Marmottan Monet, about 1 hr 30 min: Impression, soleil levant, the late Water Lilies, Berthe Morisot
- The drive to Giverny, about 75 km west of Paris, by vehicle
- Claude Monet’s house and gardens, the water lily pond and the Japanese bridge
- The village of Giverny, time for a sit-down lunch
What’s included
- Musée Marmottan Monet and Monet's House in Giverny tickets
- Transport by vehicle, round trip, for a group of up to four people
- A fixed-menu lunch in Giverny, a driver-guide, free cancellation up to 24 hours before
- Not included: audio guide and tour guide. Not recommended for those with back problems, wheelchair users, or over 75 years old
The itinerary, in order
What you'll see at the Marmottan, room by room, in the order I recommend.
Enter via 2 rue Louis-Boilly, pick up your ticket at the reception, leave large bags at the small cloakroom, then cross the ground floor before going downstairs. The Monet room is in the basement: it's the highlight of the visit, and it fills up first on weekends.
- Entrance via rue Louis-Boilly, Empire ground floor — Paul Marmottan's salons, First Empire furniture and art objects. Fifteen minutes is enough; you can return on your way out if you wish.
- Wildenstein Illuminations — Three hundred and twenty-two medieval and Renaissance miniatures, a donation from Daniel Wildenstein. Small and precise, best viewed up close.
- Monet basement room, Impression, soleil levant — The 1872 painting that gave Impressionism its name, stolen in 1985 and recovered in 1990. Around it, The Train in the Snow, The Pont de l'Europe, Rouen Cathedral, and the Houses of Parliament in London.
- The great Water Lilies and the Japanese Bridge — The late canvases from Giverny, 1897-1924, painted by a nearly blind Monet. This is where the room is quiet and where you linger.
- First floor, Berthe Morisot and the Impressionists — The world's largest collection of Morisot, Rouart bequest, followed by Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro, Degas, Caillebotte. Lift available for those who need it.
- Temporary exhibition — Two to three per year, included in the ticket. This is what draws the crowds in the first few weeks; the rest of the year, it’s a peaceful visit.
- Exit, Ranelagh garden — You exit facing the garden. La Muette is a five-minute walk away, the Bois de Boulogne in the other direction, and the Ranelagh benches to catch your breath.
Allow 1 to 1 h 30 for Monet and the highlights, 1 h 30 to 2 hours for the full tour. The detailed timing is on the page dedicated to visit duration.
Book the Monet day, in four steps
Choose the date
A day from Tuesday to Sunday, between late March and November 1st, when Giverny is open. Never on a Monday.
Book the day
On GetYourGuide, instant confirmation. The group is limited to four people.
Get the voucher
A voucher on your phone or printed. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Meet in front of the museum
In the morning, 2 rue Louis-Boilly. Marmottan first, Giverny next, return around 6 PM.
Monet Day, date by date
The offer that includes the Musée Marmottan Monet, in a small group, with lunch in Giverny. It's a recent offer: it doesn't have any reviews yet, and I'd rather say it than hide it.
Giverny alone, Marmottan + Giverny, or private?
Three ways to visit Monet’s home from Paris. The difference isn’t in the gardens—it’s in what you do with the Marmottan.
| Giverny, Monet's House and Gardens: Half-Day from Paris | Our pickMonet Day: Musée Marmottan Monet + Giverny, with Lunch | Giverny and Marmottan Monet Private Guided Tour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | Approx. 6 h | 8 h, return around 6 PM | 7 h |
| Includes Marmottan | No, Giverny only | Yes, 1 h 30 with tickets | Yes, 75 minutes guided |
| Guide | Professional guide and audio app | Driver-escort, no lecture | Art historian guide |
| Group | In air-conditioned coach | Maximum 4 people | Private, just you |
| Departure | Porte Maillot, Place du Général-Kœnig | In front of the museum, Rue Louis-Boilly | Pick-up in Paris |
| Cancellation | Free up to 24 hours before | Free up to 24 hours before | Free up to 24 hours before |
| See → | Book → | See → |
Photo gallery
Marmottan in pictures
The Monet Room, the private mansion, the Ranelagh garden, and the two other locations visited during the day.
The six tours and tickets compared
From the day trip starting at the Marmottan to the timed-entry tickets for Orsay and the Orangerie. Each card links to the product page on GetYourGuide; our detailed reviews are on the reviews page.
Departure from the MarmottanMonet Day: Musée Marmottan Monet + Giverny, with lunch
Private · art-historian guideGiverny and Musée Marmottan Monet private guided tour
Most bookedGiverny, Monet’s house and gardens: half-day from Paris
Water LiliesMusée de l’Orangerie: timed-entry ticket
ImpressionistsMusée d’Orsay: timed-entry ticket with audioguide
Giverny + VersaillesGiverny and the Palace of Versailles: guided day trip from Paris
What visitors say
Excerpts from GetYourGuide reviews for the products compared here. First names only, as on the site. The Marmottan + Giverny full-day tour is too recent to have any.
Well organized, friendly and informative guide. The skip-the-line ticket was worth the trip on its own.
Central and not crowded, a pleasantly calm atmosphere.
A better Louvre—more compact, less overwhelming.
Kat kept us informed every step of the way, very focused, and she knew everything we wanted to see inside out.
The guides at Versailles and Monet’s places are real experts.
Lawrence, our guide, was fantastic—informative and engaging.
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Before you go
The four questions I'm asked most often, with the short answer.
Should I book in advance?
No. The museum itself states that booking is not mandatory; tickets are purchased on-site without a time slot. What does require booking is Giverny, the Orangerie, or Orsay. Details on the booking page.
Does the Paris Museum Pass work here?
No. The Marmottan is a private museum of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and is not included in the pass. Many visitors find this out at the ticket desk. Why, and what the pass covers instead: Museum Pass page.
How much time should I allow?
1 to 1.5 hours for Monet and the highlights, 1.5 to 2 hours for the full tour including Morisot and the temporary exhibition. The timing details are on the visit duration page.
What about Mondays?
Closed, like Orsay. Open 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM from Tuesday to Sunday, with late opening until 9:00 PM on Thursdays. On Mondays, visit the Orangerie instead, which closes on Tuesdays. Full opening hours, including public holidays.
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Understanding the Marmottan
I first learned about Monet in this museum before teaching about him elsewhere. I’ve lived on rue de Passy for over twenty years and cross the Ranelagh garden almost every morning, which means I pass by the gate at 2 rue Louis-Boilly nearly every day. The misunderstanding I’ve noticed for years: people search for 'the Monet museum in Paris,' end up at the Orangerie or Giverny, and only discover the Marmottan last. Yet this is where you’ll find the most paintings—and the fewest crowds.
What this museum is
A private mansion on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, a hunting lodge for the Duke of Valmy in 1863, purchased by industrialist Jules Marmottan in 1882. His son Paul, a historian of the Napoleonic era, expanded it and filled it with Empire-style furniture, then bequeathed it all to the Académie des Beaux-Arts upon his death in 1932. The museum opened on June 21, 1934. The turning point came in 1966: Michel Monet, the painter's son, bequeathed the entire collection of canvases kept at Giverny—over a hundred Monets—and the museum became "Marmottan Monet." In 1970, an underground gallery was opened to display the large late works. Impression, soleil levant, the 1872 painting that gave the movement its name, arrived via another route, the Donop de Monchy donation, from the collection of Dr. de Bellio, the Impressionists' physician. Around it, the world's foremost collection of Berthe Morisot, the illuminated manuscripts from the Wildenstein donation, and works by Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro, and Degas. The full timeline, including the 1985 theft, is on a separate page.
Why there’s nothing to book
The museum states it clearly: booking isn’t mandatory, and tickets are sold on-site. There are no time slots, no lines to skip, and no standalone Marmottan ticket on GetYourGuide. The museum rarely sells out, except during the first days of a temporary exhibition or a few spring weekends. What you do book is the rest of your Monet day: the house in Giverny, the timed ticket for the Orangerie, or the one for Orsay. I’ve detailed the cases where booking is still useful on the booking page.
The tour and timing
Start on the ground floor with Paul Marmottan’s Empire decor and the illuminated manuscripts, about fifteen minutes. Then the underground gallery, forty to fifty minutes: Impression, soleil levant, The Train in the Snow, The Pont de l'Europe, Rouen Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament in London, followed by the Water Lilies and the final Japanese Bridges, painted between 1918 and 1924 by a Monet nearly blinded by cataracts. The museum is the only one to own these last canvases. Finally, the first floor, twenty to thirty minutes, with Morisot, Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight, At the Ball, and the other Impressionists. Allow 1 to 1½ hours for Monet and the highlights, 1½ to 2 hours for everything, including the temporary exhibition. Photography without flash is permitted in the permanent collections; large bags go in the small cloakroom at the entrance; strollers are allowed; there’s a stairlift to the first floor. The timing details are on the visit duration page.
Mondays, Thursday evenings, the Museum Pass
Closed on Mondays, just like Orsay. Open 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tuesday to Sunday, last entry at 5:00 PM, also closed on May 1st, December 25th, and January 1st. On Thursdays, late opening until 9:00 PM, last entry at 8:00 PM: after 6:30 PM, the Monet gallery is almost empty, and that’s the time I recommend for those who can choose. Otherwise, Tuesday or Wednesday at opening. The Paris Museum Pass isn’t accepted, and that’s the question I get asked the most: the museum belongs to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, it’s not national, and for the same reason, it doesn’t offer free Sundays. Children under 7 enter for free, as do residents of the EEA under 18 with valid ID. The full opening hours are kept up to date.
Marmottan, Orangerie, Orsay, or Giverny
Four places, four different experiences. The Marmottan is the largest collection of canvases, in the quiet of the 16th arrondissement, all year round. The Orangerie, at Place de la Concorde, features the eight monumental panels of Water Lilies in two oval rooms, 1 to 1 hour 30 minutes, closed on Tuesdays, timed-entry ticket. The Water Lilies at the Marmottan are easel paintings and large late formats; they are not the same works. Orsay offers the context, with dozens of Monets amid the entire Impressionist movement, plus Manet, who isn’t here. Giverny, 75 km away, is the inspiration: the house, the pond, the bridge—but no paintings—and only open from late March to November 1st. My usual combo: the Marmottan at opening time, line 9 to Franklin D. Roosevelt, line 1 to Concorde, the Orangerie in the early afternoon, 25 to 30 minutes of travel. The comparison table is on the Marmottan or Orangerie page.
What I’d book
For the museum alone, nothing: just come, buy your ticket, and go in. To see the paintings and the garden that inspired them in the same day, the Marmottan + Giverny day trip is the only option that includes the museum: meet at the gate in the morning, 1.5 hours inside, drive to Giverny, lunch included, return around 6 PM, maximum four people. It’s a driver-companion, not a guide-lecturer, and the offer is too new for reviews—I’d rather say it as it is than sugarcoat it. If you want an art historian all to yourself, the private tour covers Giverny in the morning and a guided visit to the Marmottan in the afternoon. If Giverny alone is enough, the half-day coach trip is the most booked option. For an afternoon at the Orangerie or Orsay, the timed-entry ticket is what matters—and yes, book ahead.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Monet museum in Paris?
There isn’t a museum with just that name: the Monet museum in Paris is the Musée Marmottan Monet, 2 rue Louis-Boilly in the 16th, by the Ranelagh garden, near La Muette or Ranelagh metro stations on line 9. The city’s two other Monet sites are the Orangerie and Orsay. The breakdown is explained on the Monet in Paris page.
Where are Monet’s paintings exhibited?
In Paris, across three museums: the Marmottan, which owns over a hundred, the Orangerie, with the eight monumental panels of the Water Lilies, and Orsay, with dozens of paintings among other Impressionists. In Giverny, you’ll see the house and gardens, but not the originals. The room-by-room details of the Marmottan are on the what to see page.
Where is Claude Monet's house located?
In Giverny, in the Eure department, about 75 km west of Paris. It is managed by the Fondation Claude Monet and open daily from late March to November 1st, closed in winter. You can get there by train from Gare Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny, then by shuttle, or by coach from Paris. The comparison between the house and the paintings is on the Giverny or Marmottan page.
What is Monet's most famous painting?
Impression, soleil levant, painted in 1872 in Le Havre, the work that gave Impressionism its name. It is housed at the Marmottan, in the underground room, accessed via the Donop de Monchy donation. It was stolen in 1985 and recovered in 1990 in Corsica. Its story is on the page dedicated to the painting.
How can you tell Monet and Manet apart?
Claude Monet (1840-1926) is the Impressionist of light, series, and Water Lilies. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) is the precursor of modern scenes, Luncheon on the Grass, Olympia. The Marmottan is Monet’s museum; Manet can be seen at the Orsay. Berthe Morisot, Manet’s sister-in-law, bridges the two. The method to avoid mixing them up is on the Monet or Manet page.
Do you need to book for the Musée Marmottan Monet?
No. Booking is not mandatory, and tickets can be purchased on-site without a time slot. The museum rarely sells out, except for the first days of an exhibition and certain spring weekends. There is also no standalone Marmottan ticket available for booking on GetYourGuide. What can be booked is the day trip combining the museum and Giverny: see do you need to book.
Is the Paris Museum Pass accepted at the Marmottan?
No. The museum belongs to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, a private institution, and is not included in the pass, which covers national museums like the Orsay and the Orangerie. There is also no free Sunday entry, unlike national museums. The available free admissions are detailed on the Museum Pass page.
What day is the Musée Marmottan Monet closed?
On Mondays, as well as May 1st, December 25th, and January 1st. It opens from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Tuesday through Sunday, last entry at 5:00 PM, with late opening on Thursdays until 9:00 PM, last entry at 8:00 PM. Orsay is also closed on Mondays, and the Orangerie on Tuesdays. Everything is on the opening hours page.
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