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Musée de l'Orangerie Virtual Tour - Monet's Water Lilies - Landen Kerr One of my all-time favorite small museums in Paris is the Musée de l’Orangerie, home of Claude Monet’s Nymphéas (Water Lilies). I visited the museum on the first day it reopened and enjoyed seeing it without crowds. I wanted to share the experience with a virtual tour of the Musée de l’Orangerie. As a note, the lower level of the museum is currently closed. The Story of Monet’s Nymphéas The day after Armistice in 1918, Monet decided to gift Nymphéas to the French State as a symbol of peace. The Orangerie ended up being the perfect place for the Nymphéas. …those with nerves exhausted by work would relax there, following the restful example of those still waters, and, to whoever entered it, the room would provide a refuge of peaceful meditation in the middle of a flowering aquarium.Claude Monet All it takes is a visit to Musée de l’Orangerie for Monet’s intentions to become evident. The Display of Nymphéas Musée de l’Orangerie Virtual Tour Musée de l’Orangerie Like this: Like Loading...